This Is the Way the N-Word Dies

To kill a word, you first have to kill an idea

Steve QJ
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6 min readMar 30, 2021

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The last time somebody called me a ni**er, I was on holiday.

I’d just landed in Skopje, North Macedonia, innocently searching for something to get the taste of airline food out of my mouth, when I heard a shout from across the street:

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Steve QJ
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