Shaniqua

English Alternative forms en Chanequa Chaniqua Chenequa Cheniqua Chinequa Chiniqua en Shanecqua Shaneequa Shaneiqua Shanekqua Shanekwa Shanequa Shanicqua Shaniequa Shanikqua Shanikwa Shaniquah Shaniqwa Shannequa en Shauniqua Shenequa Sheniqua Shenikwa Shiniqua Shoniqua Etymology en Popularized in the 1970s among African Americans, possibly influenced by sw shani novelty or cy Siân (Joanna, "God is gracious");Shaniqua, The Black Names Project compare other names starting with Shan- like Shanice, Shanika, Shanita. Pronunciation en /ʃəˈniːkwə/ Proper noun en female coinages African-American. en Sam Houston Awards 31 Good Citizens Corsicana Weekly Light 1974-06-06 3 https://archive.org/details/corsicana-weekly-light-1974-06-06/page/n2/mode/1up Thirty-one Sam Houston Elementary School students Thursday morning were presented good citizens awards during an awards day program helt at the school auditorium. The awards presented to the students according to grades by Albert Sanders, Corsicana Independent School District Board of trustee, included:Kindergarten: Billy Stephens, Shaniqua McDonald and Melisa Williams, [...]. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/05/-this-is-how-we-lost-to-the-white-man/306774/ ‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’ 2008-05-01 w:Ta-Nehisi Coates w:Bill Cosby Those people are not Africans. They don’t know a damned thing about Africa— with names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed, and all that crap, and all of them are in jail. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124103233/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/05/-this-is-how-we-lost-to-the-white-man/306774/ Related terms en Sonequa Saniqua Soniqua Seniqua Senequa Noun en slang pejorative ethnic slur A stereotypical African-American woman. en Shaquisha rare en 2007 Isis I. Shaded Canvas AuthorHouse 9781434344519 72 Maybe he should have started a while ago and upstaged actors for their menacing portrayal of the Shaniquas and the Sha-nay-nays on television. en 2011 Erin Aubry Kaplan Black Talk, Blue Thoughts, and Walking the Color Line: Dispatches from a Black Journalista UPNE 9781555537548 24 So vexed was Cosby at this kind of black significance that he went out and spoke against it in town-hall meetings across the country, meetings in which the Shaniquas and Shaliguas actually showed up to hear what he had to say. en Shaniqua McClendon Opinion: Laura Loomer knew what she was doing when she called Kamala Harris 'Shaniqua' USA Today 2024-09-26 https://usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/09/26/trump-laura-loomer-racist-tropes-black-women-dei/75313176007/ Which brings me to Laura Loomer, the far-right provocateur who recently referred to prominent Black women like Vice President Kamala Harris, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Fulton County (Georgia) District Attorney Fani Willis as "little DEI Shaniqua voices" and "meritless DEI Shaniquas." https://web.archive.org/web/20250705184008/https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2024/09/26/trump-laura-loomer-racist-tropes-black-women-dei/75313176007/ 5 July 2025 See also en Ebony Nubian queen tyrone References