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The problem I have is it's too close to policing thoughts. Not everyone agrees that the black community owns that word. Sarver bringing it up over and again was stupid but not every non-racist is going to agree that he was being racist. Racially insensitive, yes, racially inappropriate, yes but we don't end careers over that. Or we shouldn't.This. Acting like or avoiding mentioning the incident is a disservice to the seriousness (using the N word) and deemphasizes the seriousness of all the allegations. Nobody wants to debate the merits of using the word.
I suspect Sarver is a racist but his use of the word in that fashion doesn't rise to the level necessary (IMO) to justify the actions many of us would have liked to see. And everytime someone yells about it, it takes focus from the real issues.
There were more than enough examples of mistreatment of employees to warrant him being removed. And if the focus shifts to the toxic workplace and misogynstic behavior throughout the organization, maybe his supporters will lose the will to support him when they can no longer stand behind "see, he didn't call anyone the n word".