Why It's Hard to Talk About the N-word

Authors

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor

Streaming Media

Document Type

Video

Publication Date

12-2019

Publication Title

TEDxEasthamptonWomen

Abstract

Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor leads a thoughtful and history-backed examination of one of the most divisive words in the English language: the N-word. Drawing from personal experience, she explains how reflecting on our points of encounter with the word can help promote productive discussions and, ultimately, create a framework that reshapes education around the complicated history of racism in the US.

Recommended Citation

Pryor, Elizabeth Stordeur, "Why It's Hard to Talk About the N-word" (2019). History: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/hst_facpubs/9