What does it say about our country that African American people are forced to cope with the realities of the nation's past through the use of

What does it say about our country that African American people are forced to cope with the realities of the nation's past through the use of language originally intended to deny the humanity of African people? (to the Nigger word) What are the potential psychological impacts of this for black people living in/born in the United States? Please help me with these discussion questions.