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Well maybe things are a little bit different in the North where the anti-black communities make their stance well known and the more intelligent people around them attempt to show respect.
I have an older brother who lived in Mississippi for many years driving a beer truck and he'd ask "Hey, ■■■■■■, where do you want this?" when making deliveries to black bar owners. If a society is going to make racial slurs acceptable, I can certainly see your points of view but where I was raised, my generation thinks it is both ugly and deplorable to use the "N" word or the word niggardly where a proper synonym can replace it in mixed racial company.
I know white people who use it just for the thrill of being able to say it in the company of blacks, who I call blacks btw unless I am in mixed racial company where I'll replace it with African American out of respect.
African American is the current chosen title for identifying those who wish to have their race separated from others (not to mention that every application you fill out for most anything in this country will ask you to specify your race and why? what difference does it make unless it is related to the medical field?) The blacks I know are perfectly fine with being called blacks and their parents aren't offended by the word ■■■■■■...its all generational and IMO its not a bad thing to keep up with the times in order to maintain harmony amongst peoples. You wouldn't want people calling you Mr. Whatever if you are a woman or Mrs. Whatever if you are a man would you?
All I said was that people should show enough respect to others where they use the word (to avoid offense in any confusion for its meaning or to blatantly offend in mixed racial comapny) I don't see anything wrong with that and I am not surprised to see people disagree with it.
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