This national debate that's going on right now makes me uncomfortable. I'm a black man. I use the N-word. I will continue to use the N-word among my black friends, with my white friends. White America don't get to dictate how me and Shaq talk to each other.
What I do with my black friends is not up to white America to dictate to me. The language we use in the locker room, sometimes it's s**ist, sometimes it's h*mophobic, and a lot of times it's racist. We do that when we're joking with our teammates, and it's nothing personal.