Free speech includes the right to offend people. Yet, somehow, only black people are allowed to use the N-word, and they can do so gratuitously, and no one gets offended. It should also be noted that not all uses of the word are racial. It can be used to reference the lowest members of society regardless of their race. It’s in the dictionary, or at least it was.
I should look that up in my c. 1980 unabridged.
I hear it 50 times a day. I work in a 99% minority job.