Is it right for a non black person to say this?

I was talking to someone and they were like oh I love the song blah blah n------ but he said the full word

No it is not. The person knew that they could say it to you. I bet they would not say it in a place where they would have their face smashed in.

Like reading Huckleberry Finn?

Mere reportage, dunno what the fuss is about.

We aren't talking about a book here... He still shouldn't have said the full word right?

If he is not calling someone it directly, then I don't see there is a problem.

For example, if someone got on the plane you were on and started shouting something about Chinese people and a disabled child, you'd no doubt quote these customary slurs when you tell the story.

We have elevated the N-word to a unique position, such that you are expected to pretend like it doesn't even exist. Like Lord Voldemort in the HP series.

Like reading Huckleberry Finn?

Mere reportage, dunno what the fuss is about.

Ideally nobody should say it, once you start restricting words due to somebodies skin colour you are entering a dangerous territory.

You are not restricting words. You are ensuring that racist remarks should not be used.

Women used to be called the b word. They can say it, if they wished, but we should not say it to them, as men.

THE RULE IS VERY SIMPLE-
If you're black you can say it.
If you're not black, you CAN'T say it, no matter what situation you are in, for a book or a song, it doesn't matter.

even if the word technically was and is a racist word, it's for black people, so only they can use it because they reclaimed the word. its not racist if they say it because they ARE black

THE RULE IS VERY SIMPLE-
If you're black you can say it.
If you're not black, you CAN'T say it, no matter what situation you are in, for a book or a song, it doesn't matter.

even if the word technically was and is a racist word (when used by non-black people), it's for black people (its theirs), so only they can use it because they reclaimed the word. its not racist if they say it because they are black.

hm thats a really good point and question and honestly i'm not fully sure. I think the obvious answer would be that if you are more than a half black, then yes you can say it, but if less than a half, then no. because then you are a majority white (as you said, in this example).

Isn't that a textbook racism? Segregating vocabulary by race and only by race? How more racist a rule can even be?

If he is not calling someone it directly, then I don't see there is a problem.

For example, if someone got on the plane you were on and started shouting something about Chinese people and a disabled child, you'd no doubt quote these customary slurs when you tell the story.

We have elevated the N-word to a unique position, such that you are expected to pretend like it doesn't even exist. Like Lord Voldemort in the HP series.