The word "nigger."

An interesting post on the so-called N-Word, which one person said was still too inflammatory and should henceforth be referred to as the "word after the M-word":

Nothing about the N-word or B-word has helped black people to rise above achievement gaps in schools or helped black males to be respectful to women and responsible to babies they father out of wedlock. Russell Simmons said the use of the N-word makes black people "special." Pryor decided 25 years ago that it was stupid.

"Epithet stung, even for Pryor." By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe, 12/15/05.