Bottom line no culture should use that word. I am black and dont even use the word. People dont understand the history and the true degradation the word represents. Most people including black people say the word because its "cool" in hip hop culture. But if people knew the true meaning of why the word is so bad, I really think it would go along way. But thats what I think, I feel its disrespectful to the people who died before me for my freedom who were called for that word, to use it as a term of endearment.