▁to ▁be ▁un accept able ▁for ▁people ▁who ▁are ▁not ▁of ▁African ▁ancest ry ▁to ▁utter ▁the ▁word ▁n igger ▁while ▁singing ▁or ▁ra pping ▁along ▁to ▁hip - h op , ▁and ▁that ▁by ▁being ▁so ▁rest rained ▁it ▁gives ▁White ▁Americans ▁( specific ally ) ▁a ▁taste ▁of ▁what ▁it ' s ▁like ▁to ▁not ▁be ▁entitled ▁to ▁" do ▁anything ▁they ▁please , ▁anywhere ". ▁C ounter point ▁to ▁this ▁stand point ▁is ▁the ▁open ▁question ▁of ▁whether ▁daily , ▁frequent ▁expos ure ▁by ▁non - Black ▁Americans ▁to ▁African ▁Americans ▁using ▁the ▁word ▁will ▁in ev it ably ▁lead ▁to ▁a ▁dil ution ▁of ▁the ▁extremely ▁negative ▁per ception ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁among ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁non - Black ▁Americans ▁that ▁currently ▁consider ▁its ▁use ▁un accept able ▁and ▁shock ing . ▁ ▁Theater ▁The ▁musical ▁Show ▁Bo at , ▁which ▁sub ver ts ▁anti - m isce gen ation ▁laws , ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁features ▁the ▁word ▁" n igger " ▁as ▁originally ▁integral ▁to ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁of ▁" O l ' ▁Man ▁River " ▁and ▁" C ot ton ▁Bl oss om "; ▁although ▁deleted ▁from ▁the ▁cinema ▁versions , ▁it ▁is ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁E MI ▁recording ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁score . ▁Musical ▁theatre ▁historian ▁Mil es ▁Kre ug er ▁and ▁conduct or ▁John ▁McG lin n ▁propose ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁ins ult , ▁but ▁a ▁bl unt