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ORIGIN OF THE WORD ‘NEGGA’

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!ho !ere "he Ori#inal $%e##as&' 

"he wor( )ne##a* +or )ni##a*, is a very controversial term that has bree( confusion- .ost people say )ne##a*

an( automatically think of a %e#ro or so/calle( black person- However0 the ori#inal term Nega’ (neh-gah) can be

foun( in the bible with a si#nificantly (ifferent meanin#-

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Ori#inally0 the term %e#a& was use( in reference to a white spot one woul( #et on their forehea(0 i(entifyin# that

person as a leper- "he white spot was symptomatic of the first sta#e of leprosy- "he pineal #lan( woul( stop

pro(ucin# melanin0 creatin# a mark on one&s forehea(- "his mark is calle( Nega’  in Hebrew-

Nega: stroke, plague, disease, mark, plague spot, Leprosy mark.

2learly0 we can (e(uce that the ori#inal ne#as were those afflicte( with Leprosy0 who are now consi(ere( the so/

calle( whites of to(ay- 3sn&t it stran#e that so/calle( blacks have been calle( +an( call themselves, ne#as4ni##as0

consi(erin# that the ori#inal term was actually use( to label in(ivi(uals whose skin was transformin# from (ark to

white'

 

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