Is this appropriate to include in my essay?

clueberry
Sat, 29 Sep 2018 05:51:58 +0000

I’m writing about a time when I was called a racial slur. Would it be appropriate to actually include the slur, or should I skirt around it and refer to it as “the bad word” or something like that?

Also, do I need to provide context for some things that I mention in my essay? Like, “I ate an apple (a fruit that grows on trees)”. I’m an International applicant and will be mentioning some things that the average American probably wouldn’t know about. I imagine that AOs won’t have the time or be bothered to google every obscure topic that applicants mention in their essays.