Slate suspended podcaster Mike Pesca indefinitely and without pay for a discussion that he had in a company Slack channel about people’s use of the N-word.

This is truly shocking, even for @Slate https://t.co/WdyW2GZUHs

— Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) February 22, 2021

He didn’t use the word in the discussion, just participated in a debate about its use.

In response, CNN Senior Political Analyst Kirsten Powers, who once upon a time some thought conservative but who has long since gone over to the other side, chastised Pesca for not “listening to Black people and respecting their view?”

Another day, another news story quoting white men saying they can say the N-word bc "context" + that "nothing should be beyond debate." WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THIS? What is so hard about listening to Black people and respecting their view?https://t.co/VEvskonDn3

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) February 23, 2021

Now, leaving aside that she doesn’t seem to understand that he wasn’t arguing to be able to use the word himself, she soon got herself into hot water.

Do 'white people' only have one view, or is this defect unique to blackness?

— Kmele (@kmele) February 23, 2021

Someone responded that it was probably white liberals who were offended.

Most of those offended are over educated and relatively young white liberals rather than AAs.

The focus should be on substantively addressing inequality, injustice and discrimination as opposed to ineffectual symbolic gestures that amount to nothing more than virtue signaling.

— Robert Brookman (@RBrookman34) February 23, 2021

Powers responded back, claiming that a black staffer, Joel Anderson, disagreed with that position.

Wrong. From article: Joel Anderson, a Black staff member at Slate…disagreed. “For Black employees, it’s an extremely small ask to not hear that particular slur and not have debate about whether it’s OK for white employees to use that particular slur,” he said. https://t.co/qg3Gn77FYq

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) February 23, 2021

But that’s when author, New York Times Magazine contributing writer, and AEI Visiting Fellow Thomas Chatterton Williams — son a black father and white mother — had a little information for her.

I mean, Joel Anderson has used that term in reference to me on this website. 🤷🏽‍♂️ https://t.co/5mht2cfBdP

— Thomas Chatterton Williams 🌍 🎧 (@thomaschattwill) February 23, 2021

Oops.

Should have been more clear. I wasn't trying to dunk on @KirstenPowers in the OP by retweeting this.

My only intention was to highlight that people like Anderson don't care at all about hearing the slur. He tweets it to a mixed audience all the time. It's a bluff.

— Thomas Chatterton Williams 🌍 🎧 (@thomaschattwill) February 23, 2021

That’s when Powers started to go over the slide and didn’t even realize she was doing it.

what's your point? Does that mean white people should be saying it?

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) February 23, 2021

ok not sure why you are trying to change the subject. Feels like whataboutism which i don't entertain. my tweet was about white ppl who argue with Black ppl about when it's ok to use the N-word

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) February 23, 2021

Excuse me, Kirsten but you’re literally telling a black man what he should be thinking while seemingly rejecting wha he’s trying to tell you.

Do you know me? I condescendingly lecture black people on when it's okay to use the n-word because I'm a lily white liberal and know better. https://t.co/JofLTS3NHI

— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) February 23, 2021

This is ironic wokeism gold right here… white lady arguing with a black man about when it's okay to use the N-word… You @KirstenPowers are a silly person 😂. I do think we need the absurdity before people realize how silly this self-righteous woke virtue signaling has gotten.

— Dr. Trent Anderson (@DrTrentAnderson) February 23, 2021

Chatterton Williams then dropped the hammer on her self-awareness.

I hate to break this to you, but right this very moment a “white” person (YOU) is arguing with a “black” person (ME) about when it’s okay to use that term! https://t.co/qkbUd8767j

— Thomas Chatterton Williams 🌍 🎧 (@thomaschattwill) February 23, 2021

Checkmate. Woke lady goes broke but keeps digging.

I'm sorry. I didn't realize that you didn't want to discuss this and a response would be viewed as arguing with you. I shouldn't have responded to you. I was trying to understand your point. Also my tweet was about white people saying it's ok to say it when asked not to.

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) February 23, 2021

Is it likely that she learned anything from this exchange? Not likely but it certainly showed up the perpetually work and how shallow hypocritical is that belief.

HT: Twitchy