Quote Originally Posted by ghostrida3 View Post
personally i dont mind as much when another black person calls me that, i know their is no harm involved. kind of like a freind who has the same car as you callin your ride a pos. you know he is just jokin. but with other races i feel uncomfortable and disrespected. 99% of the time the other races use it its meant to be that way. Thats why i hate when other black people use it around other races cause it confuses them into thinkin its cool when its not. i think its hard for other races to understand especially white people cause lets be honest callin you a saltine is about as bad as it has gotten for you in america but there is a whole bunch of extra negative things associated w/ the n word for us. Not havin a pity party for my race just saying that these words have ben used against us pretty much our whole time on this continent up until recently in a negative way so you can understand why it might be offensive. just my .02 hope i didnt offend anybody.
The bold part lies the problem. You don't see a special ed class calling each others fucking retarded do you. While i personally do think it would be entertaining, at the end of the day its dumb as fuck.

How can people expect things to change when they use the word (as a race in general) themselves?

Kinda like the pot calling the kettle black...