text: is it ok for other races to drop the "n" bomb? well, i seen this debate on oprah before. i have sum african american friends, and we often use the word freely around each other( ni**a or ni**er). but recently, me and others have notice that others of a different race, r saying it as much as we do. they say it 2 us and others. and i don't no if it has happened 2 others around the us. i'm not trying 2 sound like a raceist, or sum thing. but it kinda bugs me. i have no idea y. but i gusses that i'm not use 2 it. did i miss sum thing. sum one explain please. its no ok for anyone to use the word.  we as black people have opened the door for other races to think its ok to say it through our frequent use of the word.  with that said, i offer you this warning:  if you are not black and you use the n word be prepared for whatever consequences may occur.