

Is this just an offensive prank or is it unacceptable? /g9G41tg8Yn- THE SCOOP February 13, 2019 Students at a Maryland high school were caught handing out "N-word passes." On February 13th, 2019, the Twitter feed posted a video about students who were handing out "N-word passes" at the Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland (shown below). The following day, Redditor WinstonIsHarambe submitted a post titled "How to get N-Word Pass 2019 100% Works" to the /r/ copypasta subreddit, where it gathered upwards of 6,200 points (94% upvoted) and 170 comments within 28 days. Within one month, the post garnered more than 5,000 points (95% upvoted) and 60 comments. On January 17th, 2019, Redditor lilbushplane submitted a photoshopped image featuring photographs of Barack Obama with the caption "The N-Word Pass" to /r/PewDiePieSubmissions (shown below).

On November 12th, YouTuber Nass is Secretly a Pikmin uploaded a video a titled "The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation N-W.O.R.D.", in which Barack Obama grants an "n-word pass" (shown below). On June 5th, 2018, Urban Dictionary user DefiningJusticeFromAssholes submitted an entry for "N-Word Pass," defining it as "an unwritten pass that allows you to say the n-word ONCE!" (shown below). On June 13th, 2012, a listcle titled "Top 4 White People That Get The 'N-Word' Pass" was published on the hip-hop news site Hot97. The idea of the N-word Pass is related to the "N Word Privileges" trope, which has a long history in pop culture as cataloged on the TV Tropes database. N-word Pass refers to jokes about a satirical permit which grants the owner the ability to say the "n-word." Origin Race, slur, n-word, controversy, definingjusticefromassholes, hot97, nass is secretly a pikmin, lilbushplane, winstonisharambe, martian magazine
