Richard Pryor’s daughter grapples with her complex relationship with her famous father — and his use of the n-word

Comic legend Richard Pryor used the n-word so much during his standup routines that he once said, “I said it over and over like a preacher singing hallelujah.” Yet one of the most notorious examples of his ability to wield the n-word as a comic weapon took offstage. It happened when he challenged a...

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