Slate has suspended Mike Pesca, host of the podcast "The Gist," after he debated whether non-Black people should be allowed to quote certain racial slurs with colleaguesThe New York Times reported that Pesca, who is white, was suspended indefinitely after getting into a debate on Slack regarding Times reporter Donald McNeil, who was recently suspended for repeatedly using a racial slur during a 2019 student trip.Pesca reportedly argued that.