the N-word

the N-word
   the word nigger
   The word nigger is strictly taboo unless used by a black person:
    One does not have to drive too far out of town to see a Confederate flag snapping in the wind or hear the odd mention of the 'N-word'. {Daily Telegraph, 18 April 1997)

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