
A white University of Kansas (KU) communications professor is on leave, after students filed discrimination complaints against her because she used the n-word in class to describe an incident that reportedly occurred on the University of Missouri campus.
by Dr. Susan Berry24 Nov 2015, 7:16 AM PST0

Dez Bryant accused a reporter of using the n-word in reference to Dallas Cowboys players.
by William Bigelow13 Nov 2015, 12:01 AM PST0

Members from The Coalition to Ban the N-Word are demanding that Boston Public Schools adopt a plan to rid the word’s use among students at the city’s 130 public schools.
by Jerome Hudson28 Oct 2015, 5:08 PM PST0

A video captured a man hurling a string of racists taunts at six-time NFL Pro Bowler Terrell Owens during a coffee throwing skirmish at a Brentwood Starbucks.
by Robert Wilde17 Sep 2015, 12:08 PM PST0

Louisiana state Senator Elbert Guillory–who became the first black Republican senator in Louisiana since Reconstruction upon switching parties in 2013–has released a YouTube video in which he drops a series of racial epithets, including the N-word, to open up what he calls a dialogue on race.
by Lee Stranahan12 Sep 2015, 9:20 AM PST0

Last week, Hulk Hogan’s entire world was turned upside down when a video of the wrestler indulging a race-tinged tirade went public.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Jul 2015, 7:14 PM PST0

“It was a really important point for people to hear. I think he’s glad that he said it,” Jarrett told Politico. “And he is encouraged that people were able to hear his broader message.”
by Charlie Spiering23 Jun 2015, 7:56 AM PST0

Press Secretary Josh Earnest also insisted that Obama didn’t walk into the interview intending to use the word, but that it was part of the honest conversation on multiple issues.
by Charlie Spiering22 Jun 2015, 11:49 AM PST0

Obama used the word during a conversation about racism in America, in which he challenged the notion that just because it wasn’t polite to use the word in public, the nation no longer had to struggle with it.
by Charlie Spiering22 Jun 2015, 5:07 AM PST0

Parents and students from Revere Charter Middle School and Magnet Center in Los Angeles have launched a petition to restore a teacher to his job after the 29-year-veteran was suspended by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for allegedly using racial terms in class. The petition had neared 800 signatures by Monday morning.In addition, the students held a rally on Monday at the school.
by William Bigelow24 Mar 2015, 10:41 AM PST0

In an interview on Access Hollywood Live, Empire star Terrence Howard explained that he wants the hit Fox television show to use the N-word, saying it would make the show more realistic and would help to “tackle racism.”
by Daniel Nussbaum17 Mar 2015, 1:07 PM PST0

Celebrity gossip site TMZ.com approached Malcolm X’s daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and asked her about the “N-word” in hip hop. Shabazz agreed that the widespread use of the word was “ridiculous,” but added that white people should be able to use it in hip hop music as well: “If you’re going to use it, then everybody should be able to use it, right?” she said.
by Joel B. Pollak12 Feb 2015, 7:00 AM PST0