Conor Friedersdorf @conor64
@rasmansa @CathyYoung63 @RedRedSuit @boulder_sea @MarxistSoccer @deonteleologist @CHSommers @jessesingal It was vanishingly rare for me to hear the n-word in person growing up--outside of gangsta rap I almost never heard it, and used as a slur I heard it literally one time. I was shocked, when older, to learn how much it varied in different communities. — PolitiTweet.org