Crowhugger, you're right - I made an assumption. I assumed that the people posting in this thread were not African Americans. I did this because none of the 'Catters I have met or seen pictures of appear to be black.

Additionally, I assumed that if someone entered a discussion about songs with offensive slang directed at their race, they would wish to identify themselves as belonging to that race to describe their perspective. I certainly would have mentioned being white if the situation were reversed.

In other words, I'd be extremely surprised if someone now said "I'm black, but I didn't think it was pertinent to discussing songs with words referring to my people as niggers or coons."