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You aren't allowed to / really shouldn't be say it if you aren't Black.
Presumably under this notion someone anonymous who says it should be abiding that cultural norm.
Meaning that if an anonymous person is saying it and you expect them to abide that norm it'd be reasonable to assume they're Black.
Slurs about a community are often not to be said by anyone but a person in that community trying to reclaim the slur. Maybe it should be "no one is allowed to say slurs," but there seems to be healing involved in taking back those words.
It's a slur so.. saying it is what makes people think you're racist lol.
I generally assume if someone is using the n-word anonymously that they're either black or a racist.
It's not like people have arbitrarily decided that only asians can say the word refrigerator- there's history behind the word.
It has a lot to do with the word being used pretty recently historically in a horrible context.
Also keep in mind that in the US, there are genuinely still plenty of actually racist people. In fact, there are still people using the slur as a slur. I don't think it's very odd culturally if you consider this.