n-word pass

English

Noun

n-word pass (plural n-word passes)

1. Alternative form of N-word pass
   • 2008, Geoff Harkness, “hip hop culture and america’s most taboo word”, in Contexts‎^[1], page 42:

     Like blacks, Latinos also invoke historical images and lineages when explaining why they get an n-word pass[.]

   • 2018 November 2, Rafael Motamayor, “Bodied is one of the most surprising, scorching satires of the year”, in Polygon‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-12-06:

     Behn jokes about the kid being just another white boy looking for an "n-word pass", but then Adam accepts a challenge by a cocky rapper looking for an Old West-type draw (the punk even calls himself Billy Pistols).

   • 2022, Timothy L. Fields, Shereem Herndon-Brown, “Shift in Power”, in The Black Family's Guide to College Admissions, page 29:

     "Almost every day at my school the white guys in my class ask me for the n-word pass..." (Student at a private school in Atlanta, June 22, 2020