Many will wonder how it felt to be a black person in the room in that moment, hearing that incendiary word, which carries with it generational histories of pain and brutality. And I suppose you would expect that I was immediately upset or angered by it. In truth, the most I felt was a degree of awkwardness. It was right that Davidson was invited into this space (any suggestion that he should’ve been confined to a separate room or contained in a soundproof box is, plainly, discrimination) and also that the possibility of tics was mitigated with a disclaimer.