I think the N-word as a socio-linguistic phenomenon has parallels in other words used in identity politics. Reclaiming a word may be some mind of a double stand

I think the N-word as a socio-linguistic phenomenon has parallels in other words used in identity politics. Reclaiming a word may be some mind of a double standard but, it's also a way of dealing with set of sound that are loaded with all kinds of negative meanings, and has been embedded in a groups identity. It's no so simple to make such a word just go away.