Meaning of timber nigger | Babel Free

Definitions

A Native American person, especially one of Ojibwe descent.

derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur

Examples

“Unfortunately, many people suffer from the Hollywood distortions of Indian history. While the Chippewa never waged hostility toward the United States, the feeling appears to be that they should conduct themselves as a vanquished people. Should the Chippewa fail to act vanquished and join in the mainstream of American society, they are regarded as un-American renegades deserving the epithet of "timber nigger."”

“Or like his neighbor Morriseau, who probably got a government subsidy because he was a timber nigger.”

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