the issue with this thinking is that its just a word i can say it whenever i want to whomever i want in any context i want if i want to be hateful i am allowed to use it i want to read huckleberry fin i can use it if i want to use it with my asian friend and my white friends i can the issue is banning a particular set of sounds from coming out of someones mouth strips them of their personal freedoms anyone can say anything at this point the word nigger is just that a word to quote one of my personal heroes by holding it in such high esteem you give it the power you so desperately want it not to have