“Decent Americans - white and black - loathe that word.”
I’m a decent white American. I don’t say the word, but I don’t loathe that word. Although not pretty, it’s just a word. The only words I loathe are when the Lord’s name is taken in vain.
The PC police decree that certain words are unacceptable and everyone on earth must fall into lock-step. It’s insane.
If you don’t find the word particularly offensive, please feel free to use it openly at work. I don’t have a problem with you doing that. Or any of you who here who are keyboard warriors on free speech.