Why do black people say The N Word is "their" word?

No-one "owns" words! It ludicrous!

If white people said: "OK blacks, you can't use the word "Boat" anymore...that is OUR word" we would (rightly) be called racist and an idiot...because no one single race "owns" words!

Plus, the N word is an ENGLISH word...maybe if it was an African word it would make sense...but white people invented it, so we should be "allowed" to use it!

What do YOU think?!