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VCU Speaker Leads Discussion On Using the N-Word

Author and professor Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor recently spoke about the history of the N-word at VCU’s speaker series that coincides with the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans in Virginia. Pryor, a Smith College professor and daughter of the late comedian Richard Pryor, outlined how the word is used in modern-day classrooms and why the word needs to be discussed.