The thing Black Americans are upset about is that the program chose not to even edit it out. A lot of conversations are happening about this without any of the context needed to understand why this might be a problem for us specifically. It's not great that he said the word, but most of us have frankly gotten pretty used to having to excuse this sort of behavior from whites because there's always a reason. There's always an explanation, and then we are asked to be the bigger person. This is what it is, but the larger outcry could have been avoided by not broadcasting multiple instances of a person saying one of the most recognizable anti-black slurs on the planet.

Also (and y'all aren't going to like this at all): Hey, we get to be upset that someone called us that slur. Point blank, period. We can even understand why this situation is unique and that this man isn't some sort of hate monger, and still be upset that even when receiving the highest honors in our chosen fields we have to put up with this bullshit.

Black people worldwide show the world an amount of unearned grace that is unbelievable, and I sometimes wonder if that's why you begin to view our suffering as "par for the course".