My interracial story is about a young woman sleeping with her black boyfriend and her very racist father not approving.
My question is just how racist I can go. I would need to use the N word at least once and I wanted to ask before I started writing it.
Sorry, you will have to find a way to convey his racism without using that word. We do not allow any racist, homophobic, or other such slurs in stories.
You can still fully address his racism and even what he says - just without writing it out. More so, I'd focus on the thoughts and psychological responses from the couple instead of giving page-time to the father's actual words.
Something like: . . . he slandered Jake, again, so quiet I couldn't quite hear the words but I got the gist. . .