What words offend you?

Today to start of class we answered Mr.Rease's question, what word offends you, how does it make you feel and why does it make you feel this way? Well today we discussed the history of the "N" word, yes nigger or nigga. This word has numerous meanings that never thought it would have. I never noticed the power this word had behind it, but you'd be surprised. After this discussion we recieved a poem titled "Incident" by Countee Cullen. This poem discusses a woman who was riding around Baltimore when she say a Baltimore resident. Her intentions were to go up and be friendly and smile. When she did he stuck out his tounge and called her a nigger. Out of all the things she seen in the Baltimore from her stay from May to December the fact that she was called a nigger never left her mind.