A simple rule on using racial slurs

Joe Rogan is seen during a weigh-in before UFC 211 on Friday, May 12, 2017, in Dallas before UFC 211. Spotify’s popular U.S. podcaster has apologized after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using racial slurs in clips of episodes over a 12-year span. In a video posted on his Instagram account on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, Rogan who hosts a podcast called “The Joe Rogan Experience,” said his use of the slurs was the “most regretful and shameful thing that I’ve ever had to talk about publicly.” | AP

The cardinal rule regarding the use of the N-word is pretty straightforward: Don’t.

Racial slurs — and for that matter, slurs against various ethnic groups, people of different faiths, or any group — should be permanently consigned to history’s dustbin. There’s no place for any of them in our multiracial, multi-ethnic, multi-faith nation, where everyone deserves to be treated with respect.