N-word...2 Kick Around...and OUT?

Do we think it's possible to EVER cease the "casual" use of the Horrible N Word? Dick Gregory tried to slap us into awareness with his book entitled such. Richard Pryor stopped using it after his visit to Africa. Will this word EVER offend US as deeply as the swastika & derogatory term himey offends Jews?
I admit that I was lulled into the complacency of using the N word until I moved to NYC. Now, when I use it I mean it in its worst sense. If I call you this word it should sting worse than Puta or MotherF*&er. Living here in NYC I've trained myself NOT to cringe or allow my blood pressure to rise every time I hear the N word flung around the streets by the youth of ALL cultures here. I've trained myself to no longer desire a lead pipe to bash out the brains of the individual who uttered the word so flippantly. I'm not sure which would excite me more: a Black President or the death of the N word. Let's kick THIS around ... and eventually OUT!


P.S. Thanx Dave for introducing me to this video of Julian Curry on Def Poetry.