Richard Pryor’s Daughter Grapples With a Flawed Father and a Hateful Word

"Failing to closely examine the word being wielded like a dagger by one’s own white mother is a shame and a disappointment." How can any daughter fully understand and then put in writing why her mother did something like that? You've got to be kidding! www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...

Richard Pryor’s Daughter Grapples With a Flawed Father and a Hateful Word Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor’s new book, “Something We Said,” is at once a memoir and a history of a racial slur. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/13/b...