Originally Posted by myview

I agree that it is a bad word. No argument there, but i will never understand why some people can use it and others can't. Can some one please explain this to me. I have never heard an explination that satisfies me. Maybe this has already been discused. If so I apoligize for bringing it up again. It just seems to me that black Americans have a double standard on several issues. For instance jokes. I'm a portagee and people tell dumb portagee jokes all the time and I'm not offended.