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I wish they’d indicated what she actually said, with censoring of course.This is the same weekend she got named as a Grand Master. Their most prestigious award.
Statement on Removal of Mercedes Lackey from the Nebula Conference - SFWA
We are immediately removing Mercedes Lackey from the conference and the additional panels she was scheduled for, in accordance with SFWA’s Moderation Policy.
Oh, "Colored?" Kind of bizarrely anachronistic, but is that actually a slur? My grandfather tended to use it, but he was a grown adult when the NCAAP was formed, so I think he was just using the word he thought was acceptable and polite.
She called another writer "colored" during a panel.
Like I said upthread in an edit: “Maybe I live in an oil town and I’m too used to this sort of thing, but i didn’t know that was classified as a slur. I know it’s not the preferred nomenclature, but it being a slur surprises me.
Yeah, I mean, I came in the thread expecting M. A. R. Barker writing a Nazi novel levels of Scandal. Old person uses what was the correct term when she was young? Awkward and embarrassing, but Im6more relieved than scandalized.
