and they don't say the N-word in the North?.....have you been to Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Indiana, Ohio, rural New York State, the Pine Barrens, etc?
you're fooling yourself.
I had a place in Manahattan from 80-88 and I heard it all the time. When they realized I was Southern, they would crank it up thinking it was ok with me not realizing my daddy spanked my butt for using that word because his family considered it white trash vernacular....that being said, I would imagine nearly everyone has said the word at least privately to themselves in anger. It's certainly required lingo amongst hip hop culture....probably one of the most used nouns in their rhyme.
i bet anyone with a military career in mind these days is mighty careful about offending any minority...the military seems to be our preeminent social engineering petrie dish.
and they don't say the N-word in the North?.....have you been to Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Indiana, Ohio, rural New York State, the Pine Barrens, etc?
I have heard it from a management type in Syracuse NY, originally from NYC. Especially in his references to track and field (thought the only sport for degreed corporate professionals was golf. Track and field was for (n-word)).