Comedian Richard Pryor performs on stage at the Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl on Sept. 19, 1977.
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Richard Pryor's daughter studies the N-word — a word he used, then disavowed
Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor spent years researching the racial slur, but never revealed that her father was the legendary comic who used it profusely. Her new book is Something We Said.
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Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor examines her father Richard Pryor's use of the N-word in 1970s comedy and his later disavowal. The memoir traces how he wielded the slur as protest but disavowed it—exploring artistic intent versus cultural meaning.
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