Co-sign with Regina and Nfant, Try going down south and explaining to the elders who are in their 60's and 70's that it's a positive word now. That word should not be embraced in any way because it was used as a put down. The ancestors went threw hell, and now you got their grand children running around, calling themselves that word...real sad...Try replacing it with words like 'brotha' or 'sista'. I am not a *****, Im a black man.