Talk:Nigra

message: Nigra is about as offensive as Negro. 70.228.67.182 (talk) 20:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I say "Nigra" with a regular I. As in "I am an nigra"
Bullshit it's derogatory. Shows why a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
It's a way of calling your backup in Habbo (/b/lackup) without alerting the mods through racist language (Which is filtered to bobba and gives them a headsup as to what you are doing).
Emolotricity 18:58, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nigra

message: Actually, as anonymous uses it, it isn't derogatory. And habbo stopped being raided a long time ago.
:anon seconds this notion. it's not racist/derogatory. even suggesting it is is racist against the internets. lurk moar.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.66.221.181 (talk) 05:14, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  lol 

message: Is possibly the LEAST offensive term Anonymous uses. It's almost a term of endearment. The Captain Returns (talk) 05:33, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or as a funny animal might say: "I'm not a coon; I'm a Procyon-American." --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 23:17, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nigra 

message: I thought it WAS the term of endearment.  Nigra being the best, then nigga, then nigger, coon, etc. being the worst.
:Or as a funny animal might say: "I'm not a coon; I'm a Procyon-American." --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 23:17, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Almost Endearment? 

message: Members conducted the Great Habbo Raid of ’06 and the Great Habbo Raid of ’07 on the Habbo Hotel Web site. Habbo Hotel is a social networking site for teenagers where users create a cartoon avatar to represent themselves and roam through the virtual world and chat with others. 
The Anonymous members all adopted the same avatar of the black man in a suit and blocked access to the pool area of the hotel, shouting at others, “Pool’s Closed due to AIDS.” The swarm of activity caused the site’s servers to crash. 
“We all create characters who are black, afro and a business suit cause we feel like it,” a member e-mailed. “No one knows why we do it but we do.” 
All the e-mails insisted the character, known as “Nigra Jim,” is not intended to be racist, just an inside joke.
The point is on the last bit, “Nigra Jim,” William Ortiz (talk) 09:31, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  news 

message: There we go, lots of stuff from animals, plants, place names, people, and more have nigra in it. Are you ready for IPv6? (talk) 23:32, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fixed

message: There isn't a single reference to the Nigger article in this disambig, despite that article's reference to this one. Is there a reason beyond absentmindedness?   Aar  ►  00:08, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There is now a link to the above-referenced article -- sort of. It goes to the N-word article which itself links there. I have no problem with (and would actually appreciate it if) another editor adding a more direct link; even typing the required word and even in this context makes me uncomfortable. Sorry for the inconvenience. Having the new link go directly to the #Homophones section might be a good idea? Makingyouhungry (talk) 16:13, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nigger 

message: From what it says on the N____r article, as well as in the edit history here, there are two different and possibly co-existing meanings for the word nigra as used to refer to black people in the United States. The 'variant pronunciation' meaning is referenced in the N____r article under #Etymology and history section, with a claim that former US President Lyndon Johnson used that pronunciation; I imagine that shouldn't be impossible to cite a reliable audio or video reference for, but there isn't currently such a reference supplied in the other article.
As stated above under the "Recist [sic]" heading, I'm aware of at least one print reference to the other usage, the one which is distinct from both negro and n____r. While I think the article would be better served by having someone more knowledgeable (I am neither Southern, African-American, a historian nor a linguist, though I am of mixed race and have a hobbyist interest in liguistics) address these meanings and their documentation, if enough time goes by I will do my best with a library copy of the one source I know to exist, and maybe try hunting through old news segments available on YouTube for the Johnson example. 
Obviously, at the moment both definitions lack proper source citations; I put them back in with a good-faith belief that the sources exist (and even good ideas as to where at least one source for each can be found) and would appreciate it if other editors allowed a reasonable amount of time before reverting them due to the lack of citations. Makingyouhungry (talk) 16:13, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Negro - Nigra - Nigger