Later on it was changed to "Tiger", which kids are still learning in elementary school today, as far as I can tell.
It's interesting...
I was listening to the radio between the time of my last post and now. AM of course. Two fairly moderate guys out of Chicago. Hilarious drive time type....They were discussing this case (I do wonder if someone in their studio lurks at FR)....
One grew-up on the north side of Chicago and he had NEVER heard "Nigger" used. He had only heard "Tiger" while growing-up. He was adimate about it. The other grew-up on the south side...He was like me, until he was 12 he had ONLY heard "Nigger"...Like me, as an ignorant child, it just seemed...Normal.
They took a few calls. About half were like me and half the complete oposite. A black woman called-in and said she was with her 70 year-old grandmother back in the mid 80s. Her grandmother reached for some mixed nuts in a can and said..."I just love these "Nigger Toes" (Brazile Nuts to you and I but again...When and where I grew-up they were NOTHING but "Nigger Toes". Ever heard of that?). Of course her granddaughter was floored because she didn't even pause while saying it. And of course, she's black too...But it was just "Normal" to call them that to her.
This would make an intersting study.