Actually, in many places it is just an adjective used by many with no knowledge of its original meaning (the part associated with Jews). I would not assume that a person who uses this word is using it as a racial slur. Most use it to mean diva or spoiled brat...
Ignorance is no defense. And a slur is a slur.
As I tell my children, if you don't know what a word means, you darn well better not use it.