I have to disagree with you and the author; I do not think that the “N-word” is the all American trump card. Yes, it is highly offensive, and yes can be extremely insulting, but I do not think it carries the title as most offensive thing you can say. I think that at one point in time it carried so much negative weight that it was the worst type of insult but I do not think it is that way anymore. The majority of the time that I have heard people say the N-word, it has not been in an insulting way. I have heard it in music and have heard people call each other by it as a term of endearment. People who do use it as an insult are holding on to values that have long since been the norm. It is extremely low to use any sort of derogatory term
