Editing Wigger (section)

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{{Short description|White person who emulates Black culture}}
{{other uses|Wigger (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:AliG-Harv.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ali G]], a fictional character portrayed by [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] who embodies many aspects of the stereotype]]

'''''Wigger''''', also '''''wigga''''', '''''whigger''''' and '''''whigga''''', is a term for [[white people]] who emulate the mannerisms, [[African American Vernacular English|language]], and [[Hip hop fashion|fashions]] that are generally stereotypically associated with [[African-American culture]], particularly [[hip hop culture]].{{sfn|Bernstein |2006 |p=607}}{{request quotation|date=November 2021}} The word is a shorthand variation of "[[white nigger]]".

''[[Dictionary.com]]'' defines the term as a slang derogatory reference to "a white youth who adopts black youth culture by adopting its speech, wearing its clothes, and listening to its music."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/wigger |title=Wigger |website=Dictionary.com |access-date=2015-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702030505/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wigger |archive-date=2015-07-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another dictionary defines the term as "offensive slang" referring to a "white person, usually a teenager or young adult who adopts the fashions, the tastes, and often the mannerisms considered typical of urban black youth."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wigger |title=wigger|website=The Free Dictionary |access-date=2015-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505062634/http://www.thefreedictionary.com/wigger |archive-date=2015-05-05 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The term is generally considered a derogatory term reflecting stereotypes of [[African Americans|African-American]], [[Black British people|black British]], and white culture (when used as a synonym of [[white trash]]). The ''[[wikt:wannabe|wannabe]]'' connotation may be used pejoratively.{{cn|date=July 2024}}