Meaning of Shaniqua | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
2. A stereotypical African-American woman.
   derogatory, ethnic, often, slang, slur

Examples

“Thirty-one Sam Houston Elementary School students Thursday morning were presented good citizens awards during an awards day program helt at the school auditorium. The awards presented to the students according to grades by Albert Sanders, Corsicana Independent School District Board of trustee, included: Kindergarten: Billy Stephens, Shaniqua McDonald and Melisa Williams, [...].”

“Those people are not Africans. They don’t know a damned thing about Africa— with names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed, and all that crap, and all of them are in jail.”

“Maybe he should have started a while ago and upstaged actors for their menacing portrayal of the Shaniquas and the Sha-nay-nays on television.”

“So vexed was Cosby at this kind of black significance that he went out and spoke against it in town-hall meetings across the country, meetings in which the Shaniquas and Shaliguas actually showed up to hear what he had to say.”

“Which brings me to Laura Loomer, the far-right provocateur who recently referred to prominent Black women like Vice President Kamala Harris, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County (Georgia) District Attorney Fani Willis as "little DEI Shaniqua voices" and "meritless DEI Shaniquas."”

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