Posted: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 11:50 pm. Governor proposes pay hike for beginning teachers. Gov. Susana Martinez is proposing a 10 percent salary boost for starting teachers and bonuses for educators who receive the highest ratings through the stateâs new evaluation system.
An ignorant person and a derogatory term used towards Blacks and Africans from slavery. When I was growing up, the Websterâs Dictionary said that nigger means: An ignorant person and a derogatory term used towards Blacks and Africans from slavery.During slavery, Blacks and Africans were denied the ability to read, which literally is ignorance.n ignorant person and a derogatory term used towards Blacks and Africans from slavery. When I was growing up, the Websterâs Dictionary said that nigger means: An ignorant person and a derogatory term used towards Blacks and Africans from slavery.
Leading etymologists believe that nigger was derived from an English word neger that was itself derived from Negro, the Spanish word for black. Precisely when the term became a slur is unknown. We do know, however, that by early in the 19th century nigger had already become a familiar insult. The term has been put to other uses. Some blacks, for instance, use nigger among themselves as a term of endearment. But that is typically done with a sense of irony that is predicated upon an understanding of the terms racist origins and a close relationship with the person to whom the term is uttered.