N Word

Georgia Bar Owner Displays N-Word Sign -- Again

Posted 05.03.2012

Georgia bar owner Patrick Lanzo of Paulding County has made habit of claiming he's not racist, an argument that becomes harder to make each time he de...

Youth Baseball Couch Says Racist Whitney Houston Post On Facebook 'Ruined' His Life

Posted 02.24.2012

A suburban Chicago man has been suspended for one year from his post as president of a local youth baseball club after he posted on Facebook that he w...

Chicago Teacher Sues For The Right To Say N-Word In Class

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.18.2012

Lincoln Brown, a 48-year-old Chicago Public Schools teacher, has filed a federal lawsuit against the district after being suspended without pay for fi...

Fashion Magazine Calls Rihanna The N-Word

nymag.com | Posted 12.20.2011

Rihanna is well known for her fierce fashion sense, and regularly receives praise for her chic wardrobe choices. But one fashion magazine is apologizi...

WATCH: Michigan Woman Paints The N-Word On Her Home

abc12.com | Posted 12.13.2011

Home robbery is enough to upset anyone. But while some people may call the police after such an incident, a Michigan woman decided to do something tot...

High School Basketball Players Suspended For Chanting Slur

buffalonews.com | Posted 12.09.2011

It's a familiar scene for many athletes. The last few minutes in the locker room before the game, when teammates and coaches come together to motivate...

Topless Women at SlutWalk Demand Respect: Is This the Right Tactic?

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 12.05.2011

Leora Tanenbaum

For at least a decade, women angry about the sexual double standard have tried to wrest control of the "slut" label. Is the time ripe to appropriate "slut"? Forgive me, sisters: I don't think so.

WATCH: Barbara's Use Of N-Word Leads To Icy Discussion With Sherri

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 12.03.2011

Barbara Walters, Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg had a tense discussion on Monday about the use of the N-word. (Watch Part 1 above, and scroll dow...

'N***a' Will Never Be Funny... Especially in The Hangover Part II

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 06.01.2011

Morris W. O'Kelly

I could go to painstaking lengths, detailing how deeply offensive and unfunny the repeated and gratuitous use of n**** in The Hangover Part II was, but the damage in large part has already been done.

New Edition Of "Huckleberry Finn" Replaces N-Word With "Navy SEAL"

Word With | Posted 07.09.2011

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The Patriot's Edition is a new edition of Mark Twain's classic story of boyhood adventure, updated for the 21st ce...

Mark Twain's Language: "Bad" Words Then and Now

Hugh Rawson | Posted 05.25.2011

Hugh Rawson

The text of Huckleberry Finn includes more than two hundred instances of the controversial word. But this doesn't say very much about the author himself.

Sanitizing Twain -- to the Nth Degree

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Laurence Hughes

Huckleberry Finn is a product of its time. Hate it, debate it, deplore it, ignore it, but don't take it upon yourself to change it to suit your own mores and values.

Michael Chabon On The N-Word In 'Huckleberry Finn'

The Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Sawyer was bedtime reading for me and my two youngest kids (son and daughter, 7 and 9) at the start of last summer. Of course we all loved it. It ...

Huck Finn's N-Word: Preserving Artistic Integrity or Ethnic Property Rights?

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Irene Monroe

As Americans we have a hard time talking about race in this country when the n-word is not involved. And when this epithet is, predictably, we behave schizophrenically.

A Few Words In Defense of the N-Word, in the Novels of Mark Twain

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Mikhail Lyubansky

While racial insensitivity and avoidance of discussions about racism are real problems in classrooms, removing racially objectionable content from literature cannot possibly be effective in anything other than eliminating discomfort.

Huck and Finn Rewrite

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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Roger Ebert Misses the Boat

Morris W. O'Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Morris W. O'Kelly

Ebert was well within his right to express his opinion on whether the N-word is less offensive than the institution that gave it life. His argument fails because he blithely omits the inextricable link between the two.

No Publisher Should "Edit" Mark Twain's Novels

Richard Greener | Posted 05.25.2011

Richard Greener

Mark Twain's novels are about to be bloodied. As a novelist, I understand, object and feel compelled to protest.

Trial Set Over Reporter's Firing For Use Of 'N' Word

Posted 05.25.2011

A trial is set over a reporter's lawsuit against a Philadelphia television station after he was fired for using the "n" word. Tom Burlington, who was...

Mark Nadeau, Cobleskill Mayor, Quits After Obama Racial Slur

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

COBLESKILL, N.Y. — The mayor of an upstate New York village resigned Tuesday because he was secretly recorded using a racial slur that mocked Pr...

"Should Black people stop using the N-Word?" Is there a word that's even worse?

Mikhail Lyubansky | Posted 05.25.2011

Mikhail Lyubansky

Let's face it: YouTube rocks if you know what you're searching for, but if you're just clicking on random links, it's usually a pretty disappointing...

House Minorty Leader John Boehner Comes Out : I'm Black

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Lee Stranahan

John Boehner, Republican representative from Ohio's eighth Congressional District and ironically the House minority leader, has told friends and famil...

Amanda Terkel

BLUNT Talk: Congressman Compares Mosque To Dropping The N-Word

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who is running for the state's U.S. Senate seat against Democrat Robin Carnahan, yesterday went on The McGraw Show on St. Loui...

Relationships and the N-Word

Nelson Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

Nelson Davis

No matter how smart, educated or accomplished you may be, nothing trumps the quality of your relationships with customers, vendors and employees. It is fascinating to think that one event or even just one word can completely stop the machinery.

First Amendment Foolishness

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

Bob Franken

It's really dangerous when someone is pandering to emotions and prejudice. It's not just Palin. In the case of the Mosque the national political zoo is full of panderers.