Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me
by Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor
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Best Of: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell / A personal history of the N-Word
Listen to the episodeRichard Pryor’s daughter Elizabeth is a scholar of the N-word
Listen to the episodePart memoir, part cultural history, the book traces the N-word through slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement, and hip hop, while also revealing the author's personal story as the daughter of comedian Richard Pryor — who late in his career chose to stop using the word entirely.
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