Agreed Azizi

I think my post fairly clearly implied that ultimately it proved unsuccessful.

The word was born venemous and that is why attempts to reclaim it have failed. Unlike other words that have been abused for derogatory purposes, this word only existed for one purpose and that was to degrade people. It was never redefined.

That is why it remains inextricably associated with violence in popular culture with rare exceptions provided by Chris Rock and a handful of other satirists - though the word is still satirized based on its original derogatory meanings.

Truth is, in the absence of an alternative definition, it wasn't redefined and so it could never really be said to be reclaimed, unlike things like the english flag and the swastika which can be defined differently and therefore can be reclaimed by those who care for their more constructive definitions.