{"product_id":"something-we-said-elizabeth-stordeur-pryor-9781797195360","title":"Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word and Me","description":"\u003cb\u003ePart memoir by the daughter of the iconic comedian Richard Pryor, part exploration of the historical and contemporary use of the N-word, this hybrid book peels back the curtain on the life of Pryor and interrogates the most perplexing word in the American lexicon, a word he helped popularize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe N-word is one of the most perplexing, controversial and misunderstood words in the American lexicon. It's a word that Elizabeth Pryor has not only contemplated, it's one that she has taught and observed up close. When a white student quoted her father and blurted out the N-word in the middle of a class she was teaching, Professor Pryor's worlds collided. In that moment, she was forced to confront the history of the notorious slur in the United States, and her complicated relationship with her father Richard Pryor, who made the word a trademark of his comedy in the 1970s. As she dives into her research, her own memories of the N-word come flooding back in unprocessed memories that she hadn't thought about for decades. In reckoning with those memories, Elizabeth goes on a more public journey of discovery of the messy and sometimes surprising legacies of racism in the United States. A braided narrative that seamlessly integrates the history of the N-word with Elizabeth's own story of growing up the Black Jewish daughter of Richard Pryor, \u003ci\u003eSomething We Said \u003c\/i\u003efollows Elizabeth as she becomes a leading scholar and teacher of the very word her father put on the pop culture map.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1797195360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781797195360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Audio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":48437718548735,"sku":"9781797195360","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2b8b1f3-ee40-4bcf-8b42-5ce35f82cd96.jpg?v=1777163583","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/something-we-said-elizabeth-stordeur-pryor-9781797195360","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}