The Name "Negro" Its Origin and Evil Use

by Richard B. Moore

This study focuses on the exploitive nature of the word ''Negro." Tracing its origins to the African slave trade, he shows how the label "Negro" was used to separate African descendents and to confirm their supposed inferiority.

Genres: History

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Born Uhuru · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Name Negro hmm. What can I say well, I appreciate the effort that Richard Moore put into this book. I was born in the year 1980 in a small Texas town and my birth certificate registers me as a "Negro,' which is crazy. I grew up under the dumb impression that I was African American until it clicked. That I am just an un-American African living in the United States that is physically and mentally forced to reclaim my stolen identity; Richard B. Moore braved a wonderful literacy journey announcing the use of the "Negro" I thank him for that. The book needs to be read. Now I do have some cons, not many but I disagree with him on switching the use of informal usage of negro to the formal African American. We mustn't forget our ancestral land. We mustn't forget the Maafa, We mustn't forget the rapes, tortures and centuries based brutality and at last agree to genocide of the indigenous people who are truly the Americas, in order to be American. We're here on stolen land, all of us. Let us claim our true identity once and for all as African people for the world to see.

[Rafeek Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read - makes strong case for Afro-American identity

Good read, lots of history of the term negro and it’s original intended use. Same might also be said for its English equivalent. The proposal to use AFRO AMERICAN makes sense from a historical and cultural perspective as no people should base their identity solely on a color designation which is meaningless and at worst used to impose metaphysical meanings which are perforative and polarizing.

[Gavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but worth the read

I recommend this book to anyone who is on the quest for knowledge to know thyself. This serves as a great beginners guide for the Moorish (African) born American.

[Clifton Sims · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book a staple for all people to get a understanding of the most despicable word in world history. It did not come by mistake, but design. To this day there has not been a creation of such a derogatory word for such magnificent people.