There Is Huge Press Coverage About The "N" Word

More Than About God, The Devil, Or Eternity

So Exactly What Does That Little Word Mean And Where Did It Come From? Does It Mean Ugly, Nasty or Evil?

The Free Dictionary says...
"The word Negroid was coined as a racial categorization in the 1800s. Negroid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and other "oid" words, once widely used in anthropology."

Wikipedia says.... 
"The term "Negroid" is still used in certain disciplines such as forensic and physical anthropology...."

Merriam Webster Dictionary says...
"A member of a race of humankind native to Africa and classified according to physical features (such as dark skin pigmentation ...."

Audio English Dictionary says ... 
"A person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa."

Latin Dictionary says...
"The definition for the Latin 'n' word: niger, nigra, nigrum ..." is negro, which means black.

From "Africa Speaks" Race And History ...

"THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF THE "N" WORD HAD A CONNOTATION CONNECTED TO THE GODS.

The word "nig..." used to be the most revered and sacred word in the universe. It was the "devine epithet," and the people who began using the mother of all words that originated from this word which was sullied by the British, were the ancient Egyptians or better, the Khemites, who called their land, "Khemet" or "The Black Land... THE WORD "N-G-R" MEANS "GOD" IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN. The father of the "n" word was the word used by the ancient Egyptians for "God." That word was "N-g-r" and as one can see, there are no vowels in this word. In the ancient African and even present African languages (the Afro-Asiatic linguistic family) vowels such as "a,e,i,o,u" are not found in many translations, particularly of ancient Hebrew and Egyptian languages.

In the translation of ancient Egyptian and Hebrew (which is heavily influenced by Egyptian), one will not always find vowels, therefore, very few people will realize that the word for God, which is "N-g-r" pronounced "en-ger" was the Egyptian word for God. In fact, the Egyptian word for "nature," is also the word used for God. That word is "ntyr," (pronounced net-jer." ....

MANY AFRICAN WORDS DENOTING PEOPLE OR IMPORTANT PEOPLE STARTS WITH "N"

In many African languages particularly the Niger-Congo language family. Words that connect with people, Gods, and groups begin with "n" and that word is always the first word. For instance, the word "Nkosi" in Xhosa is "God." The word "Ndaba," in another South African language is "council" (or gathering of elders). Many common names also begin with "N". WORDS OF AFRICAN ORIGINS THAT CAME   FROM THE ORIGINAL WORD, "N-G-R" ....

And this from the Catholic New Advent...

Note: This article was published in 1911, and is retained in the online edition for historical reasons only.

The term negro, derived from the Spanish and the Latin words meaning "black" (negro; Niger), may be applied to a large portion of mankind, but it is more strictly confined to certain peoples and tribes of Central Africa and their descendants in various parts of the world. The Bluemback fivefold division of mankind considers the negro in the first place under Ethiopian, embracing
the Kafir, Hottentot, Australian, Alforian, and Oceanic Negroes. Pritchard and Latham rightly protest against the error of considering the term negro synonymous with African. There are dark-skinned people of various types throughout the tropical countries of the world. 

My "Theologian's" Common Sense Comment:
"So why is a historical word, whose origin meant "God", which began with an unoffensive meaning, as did Caucasian and Mongoloid, become so insulting, so hated and cause for rage, that the very utterance of that one word ruins careers, causes firings, hatred, murder, and subdivides prisons? Is there any other single word so powerful in a free speech nation which now uses God's name in vain and the "F" word so profusely in public, on nationwide TV and among our political leaders? Again, it is a double standard. If Negro simply means black in its origin, and in Latin and Spanish, and black folks prefer to be called "Black", how is it such a colossal insult. After all, the original meaning of the word was in reference to the Egyptian God and simply means "black".  Yes, of course, it is impertinent, rude and unkind to call anyone by any name they deem undesirable, but it is not a crime to call me "Whitie", "Cracker", "Redneck", or an "SOB"; I am white, I like crackers, I am first cousin to Red Necks. I know what I am and who I am. What someone calls me, as an insult, will reflect more on them than on me. Will it insult me? Only if I let it. It may have when I was a 17 year old Marine, sensitive to insults, but I am no longer infected by that stupid, adolescent virus.

Lately I have read of heads of corporations, famous and powerful people, as well as kids on their first jobs being fired for unwisely using the "N" word. In truth, it is no worse than calling me "whitie", a Jew "Kike", a Chinese "Chink", an Italian "Dego", or a Mexican "Chili". Most people know this shouldn't be done, and it does reflect on ones intelligence. It shows immaturity, rudeness and arrogance, not because of its importance but because of a common misconception of its importance. It is not the unpardonable sin or even a crime in this freedom of speech nation.... one of the few left on earth. But for how long? The left wing can legislate laws against stupidity... but that is no remedy for the disease of racism and callousness.  Half the problem is the ignorance of its users and half the hyper sensitivity of its subjects. Call me anything you like, I know who  and what I am. Insulters hurt only themselves.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.  That is only true of the mature and secure person.

The earliest citation  of that rhyme I can find is from an American periodical with a largely black audience, The Christian Recorder, March 1862. Is maturity on the decline?
If everyone but the hopeless provocteurs, on both sides, would simply use common sense, none of this would  
cause such unreasonable turmoil and division. RB