Out of all the replies to the above statement, no one has asked, "Pray tell, how is the meaning of a word different when the skin color of the speaker is white?"
As a follow up, what other words have different meaning in America dependent on the color of one's skin?
When you figure out the relationship between early whites and blacks on U. S. soil, it may dawn on you why I said that.
Blacks were wronged.
Whites here wronged them.
I believe it is reasoned to avoid insulting them today based on that alone. If they wish to use the term on each other, I don’t really care. It’s not my place to do it.