Spike Lee said Tarantino's use of the word nikka was suspect and this is what Tarantino had to say:
this doesnt matter though
because being accused of being a racist is like being accused of being gay:
No proof in the world is going to change peoples minds
As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are, all right? And to say that I can't do that because I'm white, but the Hughes brothers can do that because they're black, that is racist. That is the heart of racism, all right. And I do not accept that ... That is how a segment of the black community that lives in Compton, lives in Inglewood, where Jackie Brown takes place, that lives in Carson, that is how they talk. I'm telling the truth. It would not be questioned if I was black, and I resent the question because I'm white. I have the right to tell the truth. I do not have the right to lie
this doesnt matter though
because being accused of being a racist is like being accused of being gay:
No proof in the world is going to change peoples minds