The VOHeroes Podcast
The VOHeroes Podcast
13284: Q&A: Should You Actually Say The N-Word When Narrating?
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Hey there, hero!
The question comes up often, and it shows up in various forms. This time, a client wrote this:
“David…I cannot believe that in today’s cultural environment, that there are authors who expect me to say the n-word. I can’t understand why they’d even write it! How do I make it clear to this rights holder that they need to edit that word out of their book? Do you have a message in your message template that lets them know that I won’t narrate their book unless they change that? Amazing.”
Um…no, I don’t and, more importantly, this is the wrong approach to take. It’s not anyone’s place to take an artist to task for creating art that may be uncomfortable to you.
Let’s answer the question, and let’s discuss why my answer is what it is.
How do you handle potentially triggering language in the books you narrate or the shows you appear in? If you’re one of my author peeps, how do you handle writing language that is racist, violent, sexual or other uncomfortable categories? Let me know in the comments below.
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