That’s a very unusual use of the word “reused” that would predictably mislead readers of the OP who have not read Bostrom’s apology. Bostrom quoted the entire 26-year-old email as is (excluding the first and last lines with the name of the person he was replying to and his own name and email address).
The point is that he reused the term, and didn’t redact it by e.g. saying “n------!!!!” or “the n-word”.
That’s a very unusual use of the word “reused” that would predictably mislead readers of the OP who have not read Bostrom’s apology. Bostrom quoted the entire 26-year-old email as is (excluding the first and last lines with the name of the person he was replying to and his own name and email address).
That’s mentioning the term, not using it.