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Meaning of niggerati | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of niggerati.
    alt-of, plural, plural-only
  2. The group of young African-American artists and intellectuals of the Harlem Renaissance.
    plural, plural-only

Examples

“These niggerati are the conventional referent of “Harlem Renaissance.” In fact, the niggerati were but lily pads floating on the surface.”
“[…] his experiences in Paris during the 1950s and 1960s did not replicate the halcyon days of the Harlem Renaissance – there was no cohesive “niggerati” akin to the one Zora Neale Hurston wrote of during the 1920s […]”
“Using the language of acceptance, members of the niggerati began reimagining the lived experiences and social realities of Black people and their African heritage by retelling generational narratives employing a present day context.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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