[hanamizu]

Racial epithets are used a lot more now than ever.

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You might be right if you are referring to current urban black culture. But the ‘n-word’ was used a lot. The black part of town had the word applied to it pretty much unconsciously. The term Saturday night special originally started with “n-town”

It was also used as a substitute in the phrase ‘jury-rigged’ . It certainly wasn’t meant as a compliment, but it really wasn’t a deadly insult either back in the day. It was considered impolite and well-mannered people wouldn’t use in front of black people.

General Pershing got his start commanding black troops whom he had many nice things to say about. This earned him an army nickname which is now recounted as ‘Black Jack’. There’s even a Missouri town named that in his honor. But that wasn’t his real nickname.

[ExGeeEye]

I first heard the “jury-rigged” version from

...a couple of black soldiers.

smh...