Banning Racial Slurs

    First smoking in bars, then trans fat, now the N word.

    Life in NYC is starting to feel so empty. It would feel like a fascist state, except no matter where you are, there is a giant American Apparel billboard looming over you, reminding you that we really are still free.

    Editorial note: Whoa! You've found a super-old post here on BuzzFeed, from an earlier era of the site. It doesn't really represent where we are anymore, and may in fact be totally broken, but we're leaving it up as a part of our early history.