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by Lynette Holloway onDecember 10, 2011
The team was suspended over a pregame cheer that used the racist slur.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 1, 2011
Who's supposed to be the adult in this classroom?
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by Marcia Alesan Dawkins onJanuary 14, 2011
Here we go again. From "Kramer" to Dr. Laura, the debate over the six-letter slur is never-ending. Now a former local Fox TV anchor is taking the matter to court. Will we ever find consensus?
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by John McWhorter onAugust 16, 2010
White folks will stop using it, and black folks will stop pretending that quoting it is saying it.
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by Nsenga Burton onAugust 13, 2010
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July 1, 2010
Mel Gibson is at it again -- this time hurling the n-word at his baby's mother on tape.
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by Slav Kandyba onJanuary 7, 2009
The Ivy League doesn't have dibs on the N-word.
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January 7, 2009
An ode to my favorite slur.
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