Why? (Page 3): Rose I agree....................................................................

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Rose42 wrote:

I know that's not what you're saying. I'm tired of people thinking somebody owes them something. There are plenty out there who endure real hardship every day and you don't hear them complaining.

Rose I agree....................................................................

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

soba1 wrote:

Rose I agree....................................................................

While I can't really know how it affects you if I call you the N word, I'm assuming it's a lot different than if you call me cracker, peckerwood, on honkey. I think the history behind the words is different. I'm not sure why the N word has become so much more powerful since when I was in college, but I accept that it has. I guess I don't see those terms for whites as terms of endearment but they don't seem very powerful.

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

thom w wrote:

While I can't really know how it affects you if I call you the N word, I'm assuming it's a lot different than if you call me cracker, peckerwood, on honkey. I think the history behind the words is different. I'm not sure why the N word has become so much more powerful since when I was in college, but I accept that it has. I guess I don't see those terms for whites as terms of endearment but they don't seem very powerful.

As far as racial slurs directed at whites. It just depends on who is on the receiving end.

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

Bob Smith wrote:

In the UK if you call a girl a cracker as in "She's a bit of a cracker" it's a compliment.

Ahhh, but we aren't in the UK.

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

dennis2146 wrote:

How can I say this and still be positive? Oh, I k... (show quote)

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

Rose42 wrote:

Apparently its acceptable to be racist if you're black and don't like Trump.

I think it's considered to be normal if you are black and don't like trump. Actually it's normal to be white or anything else and not like Trump. Is Cracker really worse than "shithole countries" or a lot of the rest of what Trump says? I wish we were all more civil, including myself. That isn't how it is, and the only part I have any control over is myself. I'm working on that, but it isn't really relevant to the over all conversation.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

soba1 wrote:

As far as racial slurs directed at whites. It just depends on who is on the receiving end.

Do you see a comedian on TV (I didn't see it) referring to Trump as a cracker as being the same as if I refer to you as a N? I don't, but only you can answer if you do. I'm only asking you to speak for yourself. Are blacks as sensitive about the N word as I am, or is that asking you to speak for too many people?

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

thom w wrote:

Do you see a comedian on TV (I didn't see it) referring to Trump as a cracker as being the same as if I refer to you as a N? I don't, but only you can answer if you do. I'm only asking you to speak for yourself. Are blacks as sensitive about the N word as I am, or is that asking you to speak for too many people?

I didn't see it, I'm sensitive about it.
The reaction one might get depends on who you are saying it to.

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

thom w wrote:

While I can't really know how it affects you if I call you the N word, I'm assuming it's a lot different than if you call me cracker, peckerwood, on honkey. I think the history behind the words is different. I'm not sure why the N word has become so much more powerful since when I was in college, but I accept that it has. I guess I don't see those terms for whites as terms of endearment but they don't seem very powerful.

Maybe we should call those words the C P, & H words?

Huey Driver Loc: Texas

soba1 wrote:

As far as racial slurs directed at whites. It just depends on who is on the receiving end.

And why it's being said

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Huey Driver wrote:

And why it's being said

soba1 Loc: Somewhere In So Ca

Racial stuff just depends on the two people involved. If they are friends boundaries set etc.

Past Pro Loc: Spring Hill, Florida

Texcaster wrote:

Trump IS a cheap cracker ... with bad hair. That's his brand. What's the problem?

Like it or not, crackers are the last demographic in America that it's still acceptable for anyone to put the boot into. Soon you'll be protected like the rest of us. Hollywood will lead the PC charge.

Shut the f--k up until you become a LEGAL immigrant!!!!

Elaine2025 Loc: Seattle, Wa

thom w wrote:

I think it's considered to be normal if you are black and don't like trump. Actually it's normal to be white or anything else and not like Trump. Is Cracker really worse than "shithole countries" or a lot of the rest of what Trump says? I wish we were all more civil, including myself. That isn't how it is, and the only part I have any control over is myself. I'm working on that, but it isn't really relevant to the over all conversation.

Wake up little tommie, many of them are shit hole countries and we do not need their unskilled people. Your favorite term of "brown skins", or cracker is racist. Shit hole country is not racist. Their government is content to let them live in shit hole countries and they are not willing to do anything about it except try and come here so we can take care of them. If they are too lazy to fight for their country too bad for them.

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

thom w wrote:

While I can't really know how it affects you if I call you the N word, I'm assuming it's a lot different than if you call me cracker, peckerwood, on honkey. I think the history behind the words is different. I'm not sure why the N word has become so much more powerful since when I was in college, but I accept that it has. I guess I don't see those terms for whites as terms of endearment but they don't seem very powerful.

“CRACKER” is a reference towards the skin color of whites.

“REDNECK” is a reference to the skin color of farmers.

Read a book.