I call my black friend ****** every so often and it doesn't bother him, but no, I wouldn't go up to anyone in the street and say it. It was originally an insult and as a result a lot of people still value it as an insult. By black people using the word ******, it's a display of their disdain for the term and their freedom from its connotations.
A girl friend of mine calls all her mates bitch as well. Which is groovy.
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