Just a reminder about history, Richard Pryor, whose comedy albums include 'That Nigger's Crazy' (1974), and "Bicentennial Nigger" (1976) then, and I quote now from his Wikipedia entry:

> In 1979, at the height of his success, Pryor visited Africa. Upon returning to the United States, Pryor swore he would never use the word "nigger" in his stand-up comedy routine again.[36] However, his favorite epithet, "motherfucker", remains a term of endearment on his official website.

There's a lovely composite of Pryor's views vs. Carlin's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZCS5I80X-8 , which is the [36] above. I empathize much more with Pryor in that sequence than Carlin.