Oliver is right. I think some have forgotten that the phrase "the N-word" is only about 15 years old. Before then the word it refers to was not considered unutterable by white people in any context - it could be acceptable if you were talking ABOUT racism. /1
Ideas about language change, and people of good will can have different opinions about whether the current treatment of the word is the best of all possible worlds. Walter Mosely has some thoughts on that: nytimes.com/2019/09/06/opi… /2
There are plenty of things one can criticize Bernie for, and I've criticized him plenty, but this seems like classic right-wing shit-stirring. Don't forget this story started with the Daily Caller. /end
*Mosley, not Mosely
