CNN The Situation Room July 20, 2013 22:34:00
>> okay. generation y sometimes uses the "n" word conversationally. does that bother you? >> me personally, yes. i am bothered by the "n" word and hearing it during conversation. in fact, the piece that i wrote for "the root" in 2008 was brought about by an event that happened to me where at a party i heard a peer who was white say the "n" word and i stopped him in his tracks. he was very blown away and even offended that i would stop him and say that that wasn't okay. that was essentially the point i was making in the piece that because the social terrain is so complex now we've come a long w...