Derogatory slurs are wrong. They are used as a way to imply that a whole group of people is inferior to another group in some way(s). Yet because words gain meaning from context, including the characteristics of the speaker saying those words, slurs are sometimes acceptable if they are spoken by people belonging to the group the slur is about. The most notable is the word "nigger/nigga." Possibly the most offensive word in the English language, it has become a term of fellowship in American hip-hop culture. Yet that fellowship only extends to those who have been accorded N-Word Privileges. Putting it simply, African Americans call each other this colloquially, generally when they are close friends; but if you address one of them with the word as a white individual, it can be an exceptional