Is admitting racial epithets prejudicial in a criminal case?

Admission of a defendant's use of racial epithets is not necessarily so prejudicial as to deny the defendant a fair trial. (People v. Quartermain (1997) 16 Cal.4th 600, 627-629.) In Quartermain, the court admitted racial epithets by the defendant describing the victim, who was Black, and describing members of the victim's race generally. (Id. at pp. 627-628.) The court held that "[e]xpressions of racial animus by a defendant towards the victim and the victim's race" were relevant to the defendant's motive. (Id. at p. 628.)