The Word / Slang Term, ''Nigger""

First,  the word Nigger is a noun in the English language. The word originated as a neutral term referring to black people, as a variation of the Spanish/Portuguese noun negro, a descendant of the Latin adjective niger ("color black"). Often used slightingly, by the mid 20th century, particularly in the United States, it suggested that its target is extremely unsophisticated. Its usage had become unambiguously pejorative, a common ethnic slur usually directed at blacks.
To me it is a word that is being abused. I am tired of hearing black people saying Nigger all the time. But when a white or Latino say the word nigger. it is considered raciest.  It is a word that everyone else is afraid to define except in utter seriousness, for fear of being branded a racists, in total ignorance of the colloquial usage of the word. The term nigger is now probably the most offensive word in English. Its degree of offensiveness has increased markedly in recent years.
New York's city council has banned the use of the word "nigger" in an attempt to eradicate the slur. ... ire of academics and activists, as well as the artists who use the word with frequency and affection.