Prior to his use of the word "nigger", Mayer is asked: "If you didn't know you, would you think you're a douche bag?"  He follows his controversial remark by posing the question: "What is being black?" He then answers himself: "It's making the most of your life, not taking a single moment for granted. Taking something that's seen as a struggle and making it work for you, or you'll die inside. Not to say that my struggle is like the collective struggle of black America. But maybe my struggle is similar to one black dude's."