When i grew up in brooklyn, that word was second only to the f word its usage in brooklyn for night from the seventies through the eighties. And anybody, when my friends use it, i take em aside and i say, have you ratially? Have you heard the rword challenge? And they say, no. I say, go to this webside and let e tell you thi story. For people, you may not come up on your inter as a white person, and it might seem silly because the word has been in the vernacular for so long,. But we're all trying to evolve us to society and get somewhere here, right...