black man vs nigger

black man

noun
  • A male adult member of an ethnic group having dark pigmentation of the skin, typically of sub-Saharan African descent; or the appearance thereof. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, man. 

nigger

noun
  • A black person; a person of black African descent. 

  • A person of any kind (particularly as a term of abuse). 

  • A fish, the luderick (Girella tricuspidata). 

  • A friend, particularly a fellow black person, often used as an informal term of address. 

  • A member of any typically dark-skinned people (now especially in combinations like prairie nigger or sand nigger). 

  • A person of black African descent who acts in an unapproved manner (whether positive or negative). 

verb
  • To perform in blackface. 

  • To behave as a stereotypical black person. 

  • To treat as inferior. 

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