Despite being the root cause of a few stereotypes of black people, it is notable that the black people in the novel actually have character development throughout that breaks at least some of those stereotypes.
We actually had some great discussions about this, about the changing nature of acceptability, it's made me much happier to adjust my vocabulary over the years and to consider the way I speak.
I said it didn't really impact me but actually, looks like it actually did a bit!