Michael said:
I'm sure if you used the N word on the streets and an African-American heard you, you'd get the ass whooping of a lifetime. It's just not nice to say in general. Simply don't evade it and don't complain.
More will be added soon probably, and I'll update this.
I'm half African American (Halfrican American) and I am by no means offended by the variants of the N word.
The five letter or the three letter variant are acceptable, maybe not in society when used loosely, but on an online forum I would deem them perfectly acceptable. I myself have never seen them used in a derogatory abusive manner, and if I ever were to see such words used to flame someone I would laugh hysterically. Our word filter is similar to unacceptable verbal language in middle schools, which is plenty reasonable to an extent. But I personally feel that there is no reason to filter the five word variant of the N word, let alone the three word variant.
Might as well filter the following because they could be considered offensive too:
dick (my name's Richard and I'm offended)
cock (I'm a rooster and I'm offended)
Other ethnic slurs:
ape
jap
chink
gook
wetback
paki
honky
wigger
cracker
hick
spic
Don't forget to filter 'wig' and 'wigga' when you filter wigger.