Meh, everything done or said by a white person is racist now. I just pay no attention to it. I never used the name "******" before and won't use it just for spite now, but I'll use any other word I choose at any time.
As far as "thug", I recently saw a newspaper article, the USA Today I think it was, that used the term: "Black Thug" in an article. If thug is supposed to be the same as ******, why use the qualifier? No one would say "black ******". Seems that it's just another attempt by the left to control speech.