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==Contemporary use==
The term has been used to demean individuals,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/obama-a-house-negro-says-alqaeda/2008/11/20/1226770648951.html |title=Obama a 'house negro', says Al-Qaeda |work=Sydney Morning Herald|date= November 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://project21.org/P21PRRall704.html |title=Black Group Condemns Cartoonist for Racist Strip About Condoleezza Rice |work=Project 21 press release |date=July 19, 2004}}</ref> in critiques of attitudes within the African-American community, especially against politically right-leaning African-Americans, <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blacknla.com/news/articles/djinthehouse.asp |title=The Bridge: In the House |work=Blacknla.com |author=James, Darryl}}</ref> and as a borrowed term in contemporary social critique.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/sec/ |title=The Secretary: Capitalism's House Nigger |author=Roche, Kathi Roche |website=Women's Liberation Movement on-line archival collection, Special Collections Library|publisher= Duke University}}</ref>
In New Zealand in 2012, [[Hone Harawira]], a Member of Parliament and leader of the socialist [[Mana Party (New Zealand)|Mana Party]], aroused controversy after referring to Maori MPs from the ruling [[New Zealand National Party]] as "little house niggers" during a heated debate on electricity privatisation, and its potential effect on [[Waitangi Tribunal]] claims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/7623209/Harawiras-N-bomb-directed-at-National-MPs|title=Harawira's N-bomb directed at National MPs|author1=Danya Levy |author2=Kate Chapman |date=September 6, 2012|publisher=Fairfax NZ}}</ref>
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