Wigger

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Wigger (or whigger) is a slang term that refers to a white person who emulates mannerisms, slangs and fashions stereotypically associated with urban blacks; especially in relation to hip hop culture.

The term is a portmanteau combining the words white and nigger (or wannabe and nigger), and it has been used in a derogatory manner. The term wigger is generally used to describe a young, white mimicker of certain affectations of hip hop and thug culture. The word is considered offensive by some because of its similarity to nigger, and because it reflects stereotypical notions about urban blacks.

In many ways the phenomenon of white people adopting black mannerisms, slang, and cool attitude has repeated itself in every generation since slavery was abolished. It has been documented in the United States, United Kingdom and other white-majority countries. It has been seen in the blackface musician of the 1800s; the White Negro of the 1920s and 1930s; the Zoot suiter of the 1930s and 1940s; the hipster of the 1940s; the beatnik and rock and roller of the 1950s; and the mod of the 1960s.

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  • In his song "The Way I Am", Eminem describes his characteristics as a wigger, and claims that criticisms of come from "cocky Caucasians" who think he is "some wigger who just tries to be black cause I talk with an accent and grab on my balls."
  • Chicago rapper Marz, of Croatian descent, is a self-proclaimed wigger. One of his common lyrical sayings is "I'm a wigger with an attitude", and he has an Internet-released single called "Wigger Crown", which features lyrics such as: "If 50 Cent can go after Jigga and Nas/ I'ma go after the wigger crown/ y'all gone feel me now".
  • On various music-sharing networks, such as Gnutella, there is a song misattributed to "Weird Al" Yankovic called "I'm a Wigga".
  • British rap songstress Lady Sovereign has sung a song called "I'm a Whigga".
  • Hardcore/thrash crossover band M.O.D. has a song called "Whigga".
  • American rock critic Lester Bangs used the term "white nigger" as a euphemism for punk rocker. He described himself as the "last of the white niggers".[1]
  • The Song, Pretty Fly (for a White Guy), by The Offspring details how a wigger tries too hard.
  • Wigger (1995) ISBN 1-55152-020-6 is a novel by Lawrence Ytzhak Braithwaite set in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It explores the class struggle, poverty, prostitution, exploitation of youth, desolation and absence of solidarity in a period of new negrophilia.

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