How did Kubrick get away with the "nigger cook" line?

On the contrary, American media at the time had the common sense to use ethnic slurs in a negative context. No need to be offended by slurs if it's clear that the person who's saying it is an asshole who we're supposed to be rooting against. It's why nobody was offended back then. People who made TV shows and movies were smart enough to know how to use this type of offensive content without upsetting anyone.

Today, media tosses out offensive context as cool, funny or ironic and then plays the victim of SJWs when called out on it. Then adds fuel to the fire by referring to the people being slurred as snowflakes when they complain about it.

BTW, one of the biggest proponents against the N-word was ironically Richard Pryor. He realized how harmful it was to trivialize it and said he'd never use it again. He'd be insulted by people like you as an SJW, too.

I always saw it as him being from a much older time period where that word was more commonly accepted.

absolutely right, the only right answer here in this thread full of dummies

And Sanford and Son

It was a big deal at that time too which is why it was used so much in CERTAIN sitcoms. A point was being made.

That word has been unacceptable for decades. My mother was born and raised in West Virginia in the 40's and 50's and she was taught NEVER to use that word. In the early 60's she moved to New York where I was born and raised and I was taught NEVER to use that word. In fact anyone else I knew was taught the same.

The fact that it's thrown around nowadays and added to lyrics of songs by a certain element of the very people who it degrades is absolutely mind blowing!