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nigger, applied to others than full or partial negroes, is felt as an insult by the person described, & betrays in the speaker, if not deliberate insolence, at least a very arrogant inhumanity (Fowler, 1926, p. 474)
The full quote is actually very amusing. The fact that it explicitly excludes the case when one is referring to ,,full or partial negroes'' as ,,niggers'' suggests that the word is an appropriate term for black people, and that calling a white person black ,,betrays in the speaker, if not deliberate insolence, at least a very arrogant inhumanity''. Wait, what?
Also the quote makes no mention of other uses of the word, e.g. inside humour based on stereotypes, or non-pejorative uses. Surely you understand the concept of
context, don't you?