<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=167462.msg7992393#msg7992393">Quote from: Crash on 03-04-2013, 04:18:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I think negro was a commonly used word and at the time may not have been considered offensive.  N-word I am okay with if it is used as the insult it is intended and not over used.  I would be offended only if someone was using it just to use it.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Both were used, among others. The difference I see is that the offensiveness of the word nigger has been exacerbated over the decades because it's become iconic for slobbering racist caricatures, while negro has become so disused it's considered quaint, even harmless. But really, they are the same word; one is just more offensive to us, now, because it's remained a fresh wound.