As a Black man, I have mixed feelings about using and hearing the “N” word. I understand why some of us use it—to reclaim power from a word that once carried deep harm when used by White people. In those moments in history, we had no power to fight back against it. My own experience with the word came in the 1970s, when I was in middle school. I rode an integrated school bus with classmates I interacted with daily without issues—until one incident changed everything. After a

Once again, I had discussion with one of my White male friends and I always get a question about what roadblocks I have run into at his...