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Probably Happened
I doubt that 99.9% of society is not trying offend Black people. It's only those in the public eye that don't want to be protested against or those that don't want to be subject to some lawsuit. This is a common occurrence even for those of us not downtrodden or in bad circumstances.
I was driving from Washington, DC to Chesapeake, Virginia where I grew up. I stopped at a 7-11 in Lightfoot, Virginia to get coffee when another customer asked the clerk "Where'd them [n-words] come from?" We got our coffee and got the heck out of there. This was not that long ago and it happens more than one would think in this day and age.
It proves no matter how educated you become, how many degrees you earn, how much money you make or how many white friends you have, someone will always be there to call you that word. Pisses me off.