Usage of Neger has been declining since the 1950s,Kontroverse Begriffe: Geschichte des öffentlichen Sprachgebrauchs, reviewing press usage over time, says it now "functions as an explicitly defamatory term, and is avoided in public speech except by right-wing extremists", with the press already avoiding the term since the 70s. and aside from right-wing extremists, most remaining users are over 60 (as of 2016).Erwin Ebermann, Afrikaner in Wien: zwischen Mystifizierung und Verteufelung, per surveys done in Vienna In modern speech it is considered discriminatory and derogatory, and therefore avoided.[http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Neger Neger] in ''Duden'' online“[http://www.dwds.de/?kompakt=1&qu=Neger Neger]” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache