Frankly I don't believe that anyone over the age of about 8 has NOT used the n-word at one time or another. Fact is no one I know used it more than the blacks I have had the privlege of knowing and socializing with. They used it so much, this po' ole white boy was offended! Funny, as has been mentioned often, those same blacks never took notice of the word unless it came from someone too pale.