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In several English-speaking countries, niggerhead or nigger head is a former name for several things thought to resemble the head of a black person (cf. "nigger"). The name is now taboo in normal usage. In October 2011, while Rick Perry was running for president of the United States, controversial reports that his family leased a hunting camp once called "Niggerhead" caused his record on racial issues to be scrutinized.

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  • En varios países de habla inglesa, niggerhead o nigger head (en español 'cabeza de negro') es un antiguo nombre para varias cosas que se cree que se parecen a la cabeza de una persona negra (cf. nigger).​​ Este nombre es ahora tabú en el uso normal. En octubre de 2011, mientras Rick Perry se presentaba como candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos, las controvertidas informaciones de que su familia alquiló un campo de caza que en su día se llamaba «Niggerhead» hicieron que se analizara su historial en cuestiones raciales.​ (es)
  • In several English-speaking countries, niggerhead or nigger head is a former name for several things thought to resemble the head of a black person (cf. "nigger"). The name is now taboo in normal usage. In October 2011, while Rick Perry was running for president of the United States, controversial reports that his family leased a hunting camp once called "Niggerhead" caused his record on racial issues to be scrutinized. (en)
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  • En varios países de habla inglesa, niggerhead o nigger head (en español 'cabeza de negro') es un antiguo nombre para varias cosas que se cree que se parecen a la cabeza de una persona negra (cf. nigger).​​ Este nombre es ahora tabú en el uso normal. El término se utilizaba antiguamente para todo tipo de cosas, como bolardos náuticos​​ y productos de consumo como jabón, tabaco de mascar, abrillantador para estufas, ostras y gambas enlatadas, tees de golf y pistolas de juguete, entre otros. A menudo se utilizaba para designar accidentes geográficos como colinas y rocas y objetos geológicos como las geodas.​​ El término aparece en varias patentes estadounidenses de dispositivos mecánicos anteriores a 1950 aproximadamente. Otros idiomas, además del inglés, han utilizado términos similares para describir golosinas de malvavisco recubiertas de chocolate. En 1955, la Aughinbaugh Canning Company de Misisipi cambió el nombre de sus ostras «Nigger Head Brand» por el de «Negro Head Brand» tras la presión de la National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.​ Más de un centenar de «Niggerheads» y de otros nombres de lugares que ahora se consideran racialmente ofensivos, fueron cambiados en 1962 por la , pero muchos nombres locales permanecieron sin cambios.​ En octubre de 2011, mientras Rick Perry se presentaba como candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos, las controvertidas informaciones de que su familia alquiló un campo de caza que en su día se llamaba «Niggerhead» hicieron que se analizara su historial en cuestiones raciales.​ En agosto de 2021, una gran roca de la Universidad de Wisconsin–Madison fue retirada tras las protestas de los estudiantes. El Sindicato de Estudiantes Negros solicitó a la universidad la retirada de la roca porque en un artículo del Wisconsin State Journal de 1925 se la había descrito como «cabeza de negro».​​​​ (es)
  • In several English-speaking countries, niggerhead or nigger head is a former name for several things thought to resemble the head of a black person (cf. "nigger"). The name is now taboo in normal usage. The term was once widely used for all sorts of things, including nautical bollards and consumer products including soap, chewing tobacco, , canned oysters and shrimp, golf tees, and toy cap pistols, among others. It was often used for geographic features such as hills and rocks and geological objects such as geodes. The term appears in several US patents for mechanical devices prior to about 1950. Languages other than English have used similar terms to describe chocolate-coated marshmallow treats. In 1955, the Aughinbaugh Canning Company of Mississippi renamed its "Nigger Head Brand" oysters to "Negro Head Brand" following pressure from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. More than a hundred "Niggerheads", and other place names now considered racially offensive, were changed in 1962 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, but many local names remained unchanged. In October 2011, while Rick Perry was running for president of the United States, controversial reports that his family leased a hunting camp once called "Niggerhead" caused his record on racial issues to be scrutinized. In August 2021, a large boulder at University of Wisconsin–Madison was removed after protests by students. The Black Student Union petitioned the university to remove the rock because it had once been described in a 1925 Wisconsin State Journal article as a "niggerhead." (en)
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