On April 24, 1972, John Lennon released a new single: “Woman Is the N----- of the World.” Even at that time -- an era in which racial epithets were thrown around freely -- the title caused outrage.

Finding a community online is easier than ever. Social media platforms have simplified the routes of connection, as young people bond through Discord servers and niche TikTok trends. Back in the 2000s ...

A Virginia waiter has been canned after giving a couple a receipt calling them the N-word. The horrified customers were ...

When I was a little boy, I remember my father saying, “We do not use the N-word in this family.” He would say, “Too many of our people were murdered, degraded, and treated as second-class citizens by ...

The war over the “n” word has been joined. Last week, after a one-sided debate, the New York City Council voted for a toothless ban on the word nigger. While acknowledging that the measure was only ...

Many years ago, talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey had actor Don Cheadle and a couple of other guests on her TV programme to debate racism, including the unresolved question of the N-word. Arguably, by ...

When the University of Waterloo, where I teach and research, issued a statement to the media saying that the university “unequivocally believes that there is no place for the use of the N-word in ...

Rumors have long circulated that Donald Trump used the N-word while taping “The Apprentice.” Last week one of the show’s producers, his nondisclosure agreement having expired, recounted one instance ...