I played football in high school and we all called the black guys by the dreaded N word. They would laugh and call us other racial slurs. It was all done in good fun. I've never caught hell from saying that horrible, horrible word. It's funny to me that so many white people are offended by it and say that it is racist. A lot of people haven't even seen legit racism, but they are the first to tell you not to use that kind of language.
We got into a huge brawl because we brought a mixed guy with us to a party. A sheriff's deputy that was off duty came up behind the mixed guy with a 2x4 and put it over his head to hit our buddy that was on the ground beating the shit out of another guy. I don't remember anything, but snatching the 2x4 away mid swing and telling the sheriff's deputy how racist he was. Needless to say, we got out of there pretty quickly.