NY Times defends ‘guest essay’ for using N-word in context after forcing out reporter who did the same thing

The New York Times is defending a “guest essay” that used the full N-word in context after it forced out one of its veteran reporters for doing the same thing. 

On Friday, the Times published an excerpt of the book “Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter,” written by Black linguist and Columbia University associate professor John McWhorter, who delved into the history of the N-word.

McWhorter claimed that the “outright taboo status” of the N-word “began only at the end of the 20th century” and pointed to the revelation of Detective Mark Fuhrman’s use of the word in the OJ Simpson…