By: Marc H. Morial
President and CEO
National Urban League
Around a year ago, a very disturbing case in New York City grabbed the headlines and
provoked much controversy. It was that of a white man named Nicholas Minucci
accused of attacking a black man with a bat while uttering an ugly racial epithet. His
defense was that the N-word had become so mainstream and so common in its usage
that it was no longer a derogatory term. Now, he's behind bars for hate crimes.
Justice had been done. But the black community does shoulder a little responsibility for
that grievous act. Had we not tolerated the casual use of the N-word, the sting of
Minucci's attack might not have been so penetrating.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary tells us that while the N-word is found in the works of
past writers
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