>and in case anybody wanted to know this, i'm black.

That's fine but most of the Black folks I know would never be okay with a white guy using the word. In fact, we were not allowed to use it growing up. I could say fuck, shit, whatever but nigger would earn me a pop in the mouth...even today and I'm grown.

In Tarrantino's world (and so many other people) the playing field is equal but in the real world...that is why it was so disturbing on screen. Jules may not have popped the guy in the film but a lot of people would have.