heres the thing , the word ******, has been used as a "wuz up " ordeal, and used to hate the black race. either way its degrading....Black people kill themselves daily and dont even know it. you may think that its being used in a not so harmful way, but what you are really saying is that im ignorant, or if you say" look @ that ******" youre calling him ignorant. so either it doesnt matter how you say it or mean it, so why do it....because people think its cool, it's eating us up and we dont even know it.but when white people, or crackers say it, its offensive, i totally disagree with the whole thing being used period. we put the kkk out of buisness because we are so "hip" that we forget to realize what a ****** really means. the kkk says man them crazy niggs is killin themselves up, we dont need to do anything but watch! now thats sad. i look at our race everyday , degrading ourselves in some many ways. we could avoid so much confusion by stop saying dumb stuff. and we get mad when whites say it negatively, wtf...i think thats ignorant...most of us have no idea what slavery was like or being trated like a nobody. but the thing is to know who you are as a person. people regardless i think will never quit using the word, whether in a negative way or slang. black people need to quit being stuck on what the white man did , and that this is the white mans world, and all the white people have all the good jobs, and blaazie etc. we all worked for this , we all have good jobs, we all have good commmon sense, well at least most of us. so we need to pick our heads up, and do the best that you can, either way you feel about this there will always be words tossed about and we still have to live on, but what YOU DO as a person in response is the thing,do i hate racism, indeed but i cant go around bashing everyone that calls me a ******. if you get mad over someone calling you that, even though they shouldnt....you should be able to make the smart choice... make a diffrence....word