"According to the Daily Mail, students were “distressed” upon hearing the word, which came from passages by (black) writers William Edward Burghardt Du Bois and Fritz Fanon.
One of the former’s works actually is titled “The Philadelphia Negro.”
When the offended undergrads complained to English Department Chair Helen Smith, she responded with a letter of apology.
Smith noted that while the word wasn’t used “offensively,” she recognized the “considerable distress” it had caused..."
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