Reply #9: The word "niggardly" has no relation to the "N" word. . .

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they have a different history and diffent roots. In fact, the word niggardly preddates the "N" word by a century or two.

"The Barnhard Dictionary of Etymology traces the origins of "niggardly" to the 1300s and the words nig and nigon, meaning miser, in Middle English. It also notes possible earlier origins in languages including Old Icelandic, Old English and Middle High German. There is no mention of any racial connotation."

The movie "Song of the South" is not in the least offensive, the most anyone can argue is that it used stereotypes of black people, but considering that the movie takes place immediately after the Civil War, I don't see that as an issue. You don't see people clamoring to have Gone With the Wind removed from circulation and it shares many of the same stereotypes.

The entire story of Song of the South was based on collected tales of Joel Chandler who collected them from freed slaves who originated the tales to begin with. Removing a movie about those stories from circulation is like saying that Jason and the Argonauts should no longer be available because it displays stereotypes about Greeks.