Ruben Navarrette : When Don Young used an ethnic slur to describe Mexican immigrants . Young : The ` ` e - word '' is just as offensive as the ` ` n - word '' and yet it 's still being used . He says political satire is alive and well as he pounced on Young . Navarrette : Americans are not good when it comes to condemning the loaded language of race and ethnicity . We are n't the only ones who cross the line in using loaded terms .
Ruben Navarrette : When Don Young used an ethnic slur to describe Mexican immigrants . Young : The ` ` e - word '' is just as offensive as the ` ` n - word '' and yet it 's still being used . He says political satire is alive and well as he pounced on Young . Navarrette : We are n't the only ones who cross the line in using loaded terms .