To say it is a term of endearment is simply ignorant and foolish. There are so many problems in this world. America's ugly history lingers in every clown who chooses to ever use this disparaging term. Case closed, it needs to be abolished (just like slavery). Until it is, we as a people have not advanced at all.... To say it has nothing to do with being friends or anything like that. If you say it, you are ignorant and guilty of being someone who doesn't know history. Nor do you care for the sacrifices made to give your pompous rear end the freedom to make such a silly decision. Break the cycle and stop giving up your power to be you by thinking it is ok to say it verses knowing why you shouldn't.

Also when a black person says "nigga" to another black person its like saying "what's up fellow sufferer" because they have been through the same shit throughout the years of racsim..