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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

negro and n***er are not the same

both are offensive to black skinned people however

I think this is true, probably when Ken was growing up 'negro' would be a standard term and even considered polite compared to 'n***er' which has always been offensive, they might talk about 'the nice young negro boy' down the road or something like that.

Obviously it is offensive and not acceptable any more though and Ken likely knows that. He's the sort who probably revels in using such language as a throwback to his good old days before the world went PC mad.