I think its a bit presumptious to assume everyone means it in a derogatory way. Its just another word people use nowadays, some hold its meaning to what you interpret it to be, but by no means is that everyone.
I live in Canada, maybe the border made us more civil, but I have never, to this day, heard someone use the word nigga meaning the guy was an illiterate slave/whatever else you take it to mean. We all say it because its just another word; in my opinion nobody should be affected by a racial word, I can see someone callin you a bitch or something might piss you off.
But racial words are just stupid, I think its a good thing that people use them as much as they do, including me, to dumb the meaning down. Kike used to be a bad word to say, but now its so common not many people think twice about it, I've called catholic people kikes. Am I still insinuating that they are worse than me for being jewish? No, they arent jewish.
Not every case is the same, and judging by the way people post on topics like these, Canada is much different than the U.S., but that shouldn't much matter in my opinion. People joke about it, black people use the word, so do white people. Some black people get offended, then they call me a cracka, so any remorse I'd have felt is instantly gone. I probably have at least ONE friend from the majority of races/cultures, so I clearly don't use words like that with the same meaning you think it means.
Point being, nigga, kike, cracka, its all crap. Treat it like crap and you won't be so offended by everything people do ;)
Side note, if anyone was offended by my post... I clearly haven't proven my point.
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