Dec 23, 2022
6 min read
What Does Ni**er Mean?
The etymology of self-doubt.
Growing up black taught my dad to doubt himself.
Even as a kid, I noticed how his lightly accented English lost its roundness when he spoke to strangers. How his pronunciation stiffened when he answered the phone. He wore his carefully managed eloquence like a suit of armour. A shield against accusations of inferiority.
