SOMETHING WE SAID: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me

The n-word is one of the most explosive and controversial words in the English language. It's a word Pryor has not only spent years researching but one she observed up close as the daughter of Richard Pryor, the comedy superstar who, more than 50 years ago, thrust the word into the center of American culture, forcing the country to reckon with it.