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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
According to the "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang," "N*****" did not originate as a slur and only took on that meaning over time. There's a lot of other evidence that it was not originally pejorative, too.
Although of course I'd be interested in countervailing evidence.
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The Oxford English Dictionary _IS_ countervailing evidence to most every other dictionary of English in the world. It's widely recognized as
the dictionary of the English language.