My angle on this is pretty simple: It's a word with intense power, and it's not a word everyone has license to use. African Americans own it outright and can use it as they please. I cannot, and as I mentioned earlier, it costs me nothing to abstain from using it. That's my own thing, your mileage may vary.
If The Flintstones have taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to mix cement.
-Homer Simpson
-Homer Simpson