▁The ▁first ▁Je e ves ▁novel , ▁Thank ▁You , ▁Je e ves ▁( 1 9 3 4 ), ▁features ▁a ▁min st rel ▁show ▁as ▁a ▁significant ▁plot ▁point . ▁Bert ie ▁Wo oster , ▁who ▁is ▁trying ▁to ▁learn ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁ban jo , ▁is ▁in ▁adm iration ▁of ▁their ▁art istry ▁and ▁music . ▁T elling ly , ▁P . G . ▁W ode house ▁has ▁the ▁repeated ▁phrase ▁" n igger ▁min st rel s " ▁only ▁on ▁the ▁lips ▁of ▁Wo oster ▁and ▁his ▁pe ers ; ▁the ▁m ans erv ant ▁Je e ves ▁uses ▁the ▁more ▁g ente el ▁" N eg ro es ". ▁ ▁In ▁short ▁story ▁" The ▁Bas ement ▁Room " ▁( 1 9 3 5 ), ▁by ▁Graham ▁Gre ene , ▁the ▁( sym path etic ) ▁servant ▁character , ▁B aines , ▁tells ▁the ▁adm iring ▁boy , ▁son ▁of ▁his ▁employ er , ▁of ▁his ▁African ▁British ▁col ony ▁service , ▁" You ▁wouldn ' t ▁believe ▁it ▁now , ▁but ▁I ' ve ▁had ▁forty ▁n ig gers ▁under ▁me , ▁doing ▁what ▁I ▁told ▁them ▁to ". ▁Rep lying ▁to ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁question : ▁" Did ▁you ▁ever ▁shoot ▁a ▁n igger ?" ▁B ains ▁answers : ▁" I ▁never ▁had ▁any ▁call ▁to ▁shoot . ▁Of ▁course ▁I ▁carried ▁a ▁gun . ▁But ▁you ▁didn ' t ▁need ▁to ▁treat ▁them ▁bad , ▁that ▁just ▁made ▁them ▁stupid . ▁Why , ▁I ▁loved