Powerful words

 Today in AP, we had a huge discussion on a well known word used by the A.A. community. The discussion was to determine whether or not it was okay for whites and even our own race to u this word, and if so or if not then why. I honestly believe that using this word within the black community has a positive connotation to it where as when whites use it its said in a way to demean our culture and bring us down back into the older days where racism was worst than it is now. I often use this word but not in a repetitive form like some other A.A. people do. We also read a poem based on this and after reading, what I got from it was that the use of the N word holds a lot of power behind it when it is used against us.