It refers originally to slavery times, when black women used to be raped by the white slave owners to produce mixed children. They would usually grow up working in the plantation house and sometimes would receive education, unlike the black slaves who worked outside in the fields.
The mixed children would associate with whites and have privileges the slaves did not.
Now the term refers in a derogatory manner to lighter-skinned people of color, who are sometimes perceived as acting superior to darker-skinned people, and who because of their color, association with whites in what is viewed as a fawning manner, and greater success in life are sometimes resented by those less fortunate.
The mixed children would associate with whites and have privileges the slaves did not.
Now the term refers in a derogatory manner to lighter-skinned people of color, who are sometimes perceived as acting superior to darker-skinned people, and who because of their color, association with whites in what is viewed as a fawning manner, and greater success in life are sometimes resented by those less fortunate.
by chinga February 12, 2007
Originally a term used during slave times for slaves who worked in the master's house on a plantation, it is now derisively used for Black people who are always trying to ingratiate themselves with their neo-conservative white "masters" by distancing themselves from everything Black, such as rap music.
House-niggers Condi Rice and Bill Cosby are always quick to point out that gangsta rap is part of "the problem" with Black people instead of acknowleding that it is a symptom of a conspiracy to keep young Black men in chains!
by EminemsRevenge September 25, 2006
A domestic servant engaged in cleaning or gardening, either an African-American US citizen or a central american immigrant without papers.
My house nigger, she comes from Guatamala. She's without papers.
Anyway, she sure can wash dishes. Want her number?
Anyway, she sure can wash dishes. Want her number?
by IlyasKallir September 16, 2005