Editing Nigger (section)

===In an academic setting===
The word's usage in literature has led to it being a point of discussion in university lectures as well. In 2008, [[Arizona State University]] English professor Neal A. Lester created what has been called "the first ever college-level class designed to explore the word 'nigger{{'"}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2011/straight-talk-about-the-nword|title=Straight talk about the N-word|first=Sean|last=Price|work=Teaching Tolerance|year=2011|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210104913/https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2011/straight-talk-about-the-nword|url-status=live}}</ref> Starting in the following decade, colleges struggled with attempts to teach material about the slur in a sensitive manner. In 2012, a sixth grade Chicago teacher Lincoln Brown was suspended after repeating the contents of a racially charged note being passed around in class. Brown later filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the headmaster and the Chicago public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/can-educators-ever-teach-the-n-word/253345/|title=Can educators ever teach the N-word?|first=Wendy|last=Kaminer|work=The Atlantic|date=February 21, 2012|access-date=December 24, 2021|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215190625/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/can-educators-ever-teach-the-n-word/253345/|url-status=live}}</ref> A New Orleans high school also experienced controversy in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/05/us/teacher-student-n-word-exchange/index.html|title=School reflects on race after student-teacher N-word exchange|first=Donie|last=O'Sullivan|work=CNN|date=May 5, 2017|access-date=November 19, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112020811/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/05/us/teacher-student-n-word-exchange/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Such increased attention prompted Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, the daughter of [[Richard Pryor]] and a professor at [[Smith College]], to give a talk opining that the word was leading to a "social crisis" in higher education.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegram.com/news/20190919/elizabeth-stordeur-pryor-says-use-of-n-word-is-causing-social-crisis|title=Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor says use of the N-word is causing social crisis|work=Telegram & Gazette|first=Cyrus|last=Moulton|date=September 19, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=December 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218042632/https://www.telegram.com/news/20190919/elizabeth-stordeur-pryor-says-use-of-n-word-is-causing-social-crisis|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to Smith College, [[Emory University]], [[Augsburg University]], [[Southern Connecticut State University]], and [[Simpson College]] all suspended professors in 2019 over referring to the word "nigger" by name in classroom settings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2019/10/the-original-emory-law-school-n-word-using-professor-faces-a-hearing-on-his-future-today/|title=The original Emory Law School N-word using professor faces hearing on his future today|first=Joe|last=Patrice|work=Above The Law|date=October 4, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecollegefix.com/universities-repeatedly-discipline-professors-for-referring-to-the-n-word/|title=Universities repeatedly discipline professors for referring to the n-word|first=Matthew|last=Stein|website=The College Fix|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019|archive-date=September 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929154736/https://www.thecollegefix.com/universities-repeatedly-discipline-professors-for-referring-to-the-n-word/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2019/11/18/professor-wont-teach-more-classes-after-saying-n-word|title=Professor won't teach more classes after saying N-word|first=Colleen|last=Flaherty|work=Inside Higher Education|date=November 18, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref> In two other cases, a professor at [[Princeton University|Princeton]] decided to stop teaching a course on [[hate speech]] after students protested his utterance of "nigger" and a professor at DePaul had his law course cancelled after 80% of the enrolled students transferred out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/13/585386694/professor-cancels-course-on-hate-speech-amid-contention-over-his-use-of-slur|title=Professor cancels course on hate speech amid contention over his use of slur|first=Colin|last=Dwyer|work=NPR|date=February 13, 2018|access-date=November 19, 2019|archive-date=March 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315090311/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/13/585386694/professor-cancels-course-on-hate-speech-amid-contention-over-his-use-of-slur|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://depauliaonline.com/42740/news/depaul-professor-formerly-under-fire-for-use-of-n-word-in-teaching-exercise-rehired/|title=Professor formerly under fire for use of 'N-word' in teaching exercise back at DePaul|first=Ella|last=Lee|work=The DePaulia|date=September 23, 2019|access-date=November 19, 2019|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924050400/https://depauliaonline.com/42740/news/depaul-professor-formerly-under-fire-for-use-of-n-word-in-teaching-exercise-rehired/|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead of pursuing disciplinary action, a student at the [[College of the Desert]] challenged his professor in a [[viral video|viral]] class presentation which argued that her use of the word in a lecture was not justified.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/college-student-presentation-n-word-professor-maleek-eid-california-a8813186.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220620/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/college-student-presentation-n-word-professor-maleek-eid-california-a8813186.html |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=College student delivers presentation to call out professor for using n-word in class|first=Sarah|last=Harvard|work=The Independent|date=March 7, 2019|access-date=November 18, 2019}}</ref>