"Mutie" is the greatest racial slur of all time. Right up there with "Greenskin" "Long ears" and "Micro Brain With A Macro Head."
"Not Adam and Filthy Mutie Scum." lolz.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, We Were Eight Years in Power, and The Water Dancer.