Maybe it should be allowed as you say. I do believe Cosby and Prior said AA’s should not use the word many still do. My claim is if someone calls me Redneck, Cracker, Whitey,etc. then expect it back!
You can call me a Redneck all you like as long as you call me to supper.
I know it's a quaint anachronism these days, but I much prefer being called "honky".
There is that one name though that lucky for the blacks they have learned not to call whites.
Well, I don’t think it’s polite for anyone to use it as an insult, but in a descriptive way, “So-and-so called the-other-guy a ‘nigger’,” then I think it’s truly deranged to be saying “n-word.” Yes, it’s an offensive term, but the person describing the use isn’t offending, it’s the person addressing someone else by the term.