Stephen Lawrence, 19, was stabbed by white thugs who used a racial slur in London in April 1993.

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Think of former Republican Senator George Allen, who made a racial slur eventually seen by millions over the Web.

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Bagehot contemplated playing agent provocateur, trawling Bournemouth's bars to see whether he could trap some befuddled ruddy-faced delegate into some horrific racial slur.

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Recently canned from Disney-owned ABC's Grey's Anatomy after a racial slur turned public and ugly, Washington will appear on NBC's remake of The Bionic Woman.

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