Slideshow: The top 10 n-word controversies of the decade

SLIDESHOW - These are some of the most highly publicized scandals involving this infamous racial slur...

Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

The n-word has been in the news a lot lately. From the controversy over plans to remove it from Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn to the Philadelphia court case where a judge will rule over whether its use is appropriate in the workplace. This inspired the staff theGrio to look back. These are some of the most highly publicized scandals involving this infamous racial slur.

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