▁vision ▁of ▁how ▁you ▁came ▁into ▁Being ". ▁ ▁The ▁Word ▁Was ▁Not ▁for ▁a ▁N igger ▁The ▁first ▁two ▁chap ters ▁start ▁in ▁an ▁ep istol ary ▁manner ; ▁they ▁are ▁addressed ▁to ▁" My ▁N igger ▁Son " ▁and ▁" My ▁D ear ▁N igger ▁Son ". ▁Sub sequ ent ▁chap ters ▁are ▁addressed ▁sometimes ▁as ▁if ▁to ▁one ▁son , ▁sometimes ▁more ▁broad ly ▁to ▁children ▁and ▁brothers . ▁This ▁first ▁chapter ▁introdu ces ▁the ▁" Al ab aster ▁Man ", ▁whose ▁" fault ▁and ▁s ins " ▁are ▁only ▁partly ▁to ▁bl ame ▁for ▁the ▁current ▁situation ; ▁the ▁more ▁general ▁problem ▁is ▁that ▁J ude o - Christ ian ▁script ure ▁ex cluded ▁Afr icans , ▁in ▁that ▁Gen esis ▁opens ▁with ▁the ▁word ▁from ▁which ▁they ▁are ▁ex cluded ; ▁rather , ▁De Co y ▁explains , ▁a ▁" Script ure ▁of ▁Tr uth " ▁starts ▁with ▁experience . ▁De Co y ▁adds ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁" N eg ro " ▁" was ▁manufact ured ▁to ▁describe ▁those ▁N ig gers ▁who ▁would ▁waste ▁their ▁existence ▁in ▁the ▁hop eless ▁void ▁of ▁eventually ▁dying ▁as ▁Christian ▁C au cas ians " ▁( 2 5 - 2 6 ; ▁Cow ard ▁ 2 9 ), ▁and ▁K yle ▁Ant ar ▁Cow ard ▁saw ▁a ▁parallel ▁with ▁similar ▁comments ▁by ▁H . ▁Rap ▁Brown ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁mem oir ▁Die ▁N igger ▁Die ! ▁( C ow ard ▁ 3 0 ). ▁ ▁( 1