Niggerism

"We represent the majority of the people in Alabama who hate niggerism, Catholicism, Judaism, and all the -isms of the whole world." So said Robert Creel of the Alabama Klu Klux Klan. He also said, "I like Barry Goldwater. He needs our help."

Their black support confirmed the charge of "niggerism" and helped the Democrats turn the widespread Negrophobia to their account.

The spot quoted a Klan official saying, "In Alabama, we hate niggerism, Catholicism, and Judaism."

He loved their tricks of language, loved to pick up and feel and taste new words from their rich reservoir of niggerisms.

But as it was, not until the 1940s did the industry begin to depart significantly from the stereotypes with their "insulting niggerisms"...