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The word "Negro" is used in the English-speaking world to refer to a person of black ancestry or appearance. It has been used for people of African ancestry as well as people from other places with African ancestry or people with Negroid or Negroid like appearance and with kinky or wooly hair. Negro means 'black' in Spanish and Portuguese. It comes from the Latin word niger which means 'black'.[1][2]
It is usually considered an offensive term nowadays. Words such as 'black' or 'African American' are preferred.
- ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2000. p. 2039. ISBN 0395825172.
- ↑ Mann, Stuart E. (1984). An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag. p. 858. ISBN 3871185507.