Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@chadstanton @KendraWrites @Dr2chase various questions, including: 1) surely you don't mean black staffers who use the word not as a slur will get fired? 2) are there other words like that? Like,.do we know say "the r word" and "the c word" when asking about them as reporters? 3) When did these norms start? --> — PolitiTweet.org

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@chadstanton @KendraWrites @Dr2chase Yes, I agree that we shouldn't bracket off history and context in real world decisions, but Banquet's statement rankled many, including orgs like PEN, because it seemed to set a standard whereby any use of the word regardless of context is verboten, which inevitably raises — PolitiTweet.org

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@chadstanton @KendraWrites @Dr2chase On that last question, my impression is that NYT reporters circa 2000, say, would very much have a strong taboo against the n word as slur, but would not believe the taboo to surround, say, reading aloud from an old book or a court transcript or asking about what was said. It — PolitiTweet.org

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