“I noticed that among this class of colored men the word "nigger" was freely used in about the same sense as the word "fellow," and sometimes as a term of almost endearment; but I soon learned that its use was positively and absolutely prohibited to white men.” RacismAfrican AmericansRace RelationsSlursN WordRacial Epithets Book:The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man Source: The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man