Richard Pryor's Daughter Claims Her White Mother Called Her the N-Word During Argument

Richard Pryor‘s daughter is opening up life as a kid of the legendary funnyman … and one memory in particular is pretty messed up … and it involves her mother, a fight, and a racial slur.

Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor, Richard’s third eldest child with Maxine Silverman, says in her new book, “Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me” that her white mom called her the N-word during an argument when she was just 12 years old.

That memory is seared into her mind … and she says it was one of her earliest traumatic experiences as a biracial woman.

Elizabeth told PEOPLE she knew her mother loved her … but she also says she never discussed being Black with her mother’s side of the family.

But Elizabeth says ignoring her background only led to questions … she says she asked her cousins, “Did you know that I was Black?” and … “Were you told to behave in a particular way around it?”