Lets see if the old "double standard" applies here. Wait and see if Costner is treated like Paula Deen. See if HIS career is ruined from admitting he used the terrible "N" word

'I've seen ugliness': Kevin Costner tackles race and the N-word in 'Black or White'  Jan. 29, 2015     Randee Dawn TODAY contributor

Race is not an issue movies confront often, or well. But when Kevin Costner saw the script for "Black or White," a drama about a white man embroiled in a battle for custody of his biracial granddaughter, he knew he had to see it made. Costner is a producer as well as star of the film.   

 

"That word used to be used a lot," he admitted. "Never to somebody's face. I never saw it ever used in anger, but it was used in words like jokes, so I heard that ... even used that word myself as a young person ...

 

I like Costner as an actor, but I don't like Double Standards.....

 

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