Meaning of red nigger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Native American person.
   dated, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
2. A person of mixed Black and European descent.
   Caribbean, ethnic, slur

Examples

“His dark, sunburnt features flushed a deep red, as if all his blood had rushed to his face⟳; while his eye wandered around the crowd, as if seeking a way to escape⟳ from so uncomfortable a situation. But finding himself completely hemmed in, and every eye fixed upon him, he said, as if with a desperate attempt⟳ at articulation: “My friends, I s'pose I'm to consider⟳ all you’ve said as meanin' complimentary, and so I’ll put⟳ up with't for onc't, but I gin ye the honor o' a white gintleman, I’d rayther hev a hull yellin' tribe o' the cussed red-nigger Wyandotts arter me, nor stand⟳ sich another white whoop on account of my own⟳ doin's. I'll fight⟳ Injens with the best feller amongst ye—but I can't stand⟳ to be made a show⟳ on.””

“At Crescent Lake in Oneida County, Hubert Locke, who is black and serves as the Dean of the University of Washington's School of Public Affairs, was confronted with words to the effect of, "Now the Commission has a nigger working for them" and "I guess⟳ there are two kinds of niggers—red niggers and black niggers"[...] These blatant manifestations of racism directed toward Mr. Locke serve⟳ to illustrate⟳ the racist attitudes experienced daily by tribal members.”

“A Trinidadian notes that 'today there are fewer and fewer "red niggers" and more and more Black men of light⟳ complexion, who have⟳ healed the psychological and moral gaps in their consciousness, and understood that their salvation and identity lie⟳ in their self-identification with the Black masses'.”

“I'm just a red nigger who love⟳ the sea, / I had a sound⟳ colonial education, / I have⟳ Dutch, nigger, and English in me, / and either I'm nobody, or I'm a nation”

“You don't have⟳ eyes in your head to see⟳ that is because the woman skin lighter than yours and mine she feel⟳ she better than people on this Hill. […] And what make⟳ her precious so? That fading yellow red-nigger skin?”

“In we family we don't have⟳ nothing to do with white men, unless we force⟳. We's deep black people, all o'we! No red niggers!”

“[page 139] "Go on, take⟳ it off," the first girl directed Celia. "We want⟳ to see⟳ your hair." […] "Oh look⟳ at that," the first girl shrieked. "She's a red nigger." [page 142] "Ah knows wat she is. She's jess' ah red nigger tryin' to look⟳ white."”

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