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Point/Counterpoint: The N-word in educational settings

September 19, 2019

Racial epithets have a space in the classroom Mahad Olad Paul Zwier is a law professor at Emory University. Last September, he got in trouble for uttering the word "nigger"...

Racial epithets have a space in the classroom

By Mahad Olad • September 19, 2019

Do racial epithets have any place in the classroom? They certainly should. Classes are spaces where no controversial topic is off the table.

N-word has no place in educational settings

By John Turner • September 19, 2019

Necro. Niger. Negro. Nigga. Black. The word "nigger" has never had a positive connotation. Although the spelling of the word has evolved, the feeling of the whip is still the same. It is believed...

Who gets to say the N-word

By Mahad Olad, Staff Writer • February 5, 2019

I will probably never be comfortable with nonblack usages of n---a and especially n---er, even if they’re merely referring to it and not using it.