Re: the latest 'cancel culture' kerfuffle at the NYT: If your concern is the chilling effect on people who want to say the n-word rather than the students who may be put off journalism entirely after hearing a top reporter use a slur... your priorities are very clear
This is what always happens when powerful white men are held to account - the empathy is centered on them rather than the many, many other people who were hurt by their actions
That's why during #MeToo, we kept hearing about men's "ruined lives" rather than the the dashed careers of the women who left jobs or industries because of harassment
Besides all that, *why* are some of you so fucking eager to defend that particular slur?? There is no "context" that makes it ok
Using the word at all - even in a context when you are repeating a quote or whatever the excuse is - is a deliberate demonstration of power. You know what you're doing
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