Should "Cracker" be a racial slur?

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JezebelinHell

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Maphysto said:
Meh, given that white people have a good 500 years' history of oppressing everybody that isn't white, I think we can take it on the chin for a little while.
At what point can we be equal? It wasn't actually the us of now that had anything to do with it. Honestly, if you want to go back into my family history a major part of it is Cherokee. They died rather than be slaves. Sitting on a reservation is in no way restitution. It is just another form of slavery if you ask me. The other part of my family history is very poor Tennessee and West Virginian's. At no point in time has anyone in my family ever been in a position to be slave owners and were more likely to be slaves themselves. So how long should a group of people that have little control over the future and no control over the past "take it on the chin"?
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If it is used as a racial slur it is a racial slur. Why it seems that some are acceptable and some are not is beyond me. We really cannot move past perceived inequalities until we move past attacking each other based on visual differences. Besides, it is just an easy road to take whether it is race, weight, looks... be more creative.
 

Torrasque

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godfist88 said:
if it becomes a racial slur then what do i say when want to eat crackers?
:O
RACIST!
I'm going to report you to the cyber police and they're going to backtrace the shit out of you!

Seriously though, anything can be considered a racial slur if you use it enough, and depending on the context you use it in.
 

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MrDeckard said:
No. Just like every other racial slur, it only has as much meaning as we allow it to have. However, extremely thick people, or as Yahtzee put's it "Knee Jerk Lemon Scented Pussy Wipes" insist that people not of a certain race can never understand and that you have to be taboo about everything.

Two problems here.

1) Something is only shocking if it's taboo. If you say "Fuck" all the time, then hearing it will not shock or insult you at all.

2) I have never met a white person in my life who has honestly been insulted by words like "Cracker" or "Whitey". It's just silly.
What I said, but said better, lol.
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Plurralbles said:
You can't even argue about it because as soon as you ask for an inch in the debate you're called a racist. :mad:
Oh Jesus, this again.
"I'd argue but i don't want to be called a racist". There is no one in the world with an IQ above 6 that would call any argument about "cracker" racist. If you honestly piss your pants whenever someone calls you a racist, then you either were being racist, or you're being too stupid to stand up for yourself and assert the fact that you're not being racist. Stop trying to spark a shitstorm about how the world is so overly PC and open your eyes.

As for the topic: Nigga, ******, Cracker, Cracka, it's all racist. The sooner we round up and execute the fuckers still using these words, the sooner we'll become a civilised culture.
Starting with mainstream rappers like 50 cent...
So, executing people that we have a disagreement with, is considered civilized eh?
Which southern state do you live in hmm?
Ooops! That was racist of me wasn't it!
Better start prepping my noose!
 

DanDeFool

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Sober Thal said:
Littlee300 said:
Are we called crackers because we use to crack the whip on black people's backs?
Yes, but no... our ancestors did, not us.
Really? I had never thought of it that way. I thought it was because we were white like a Saltine cracker.
 

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What I said, but said better, lol.
EllEzDee said:
Plurralbles said:
You can't even argue about it because as soon as you ask for an inch in the debate you're called a racist. :mad:
Oh Jesus, this again.
"I'd argue but i don't want to be called a racist". There is no one in the world with an IQ above 6 that would call any argument about "cracker" racist. If you honestly piss your pants whenever someone calls you a racist, then you either were being racist, or you're being too stupid to stand up for yourself and assert the fact that you're not being racist. Stop trying to spark a shitstorm about how the world is so overly PC and open your eyes.

As for the topic: Nigga, ******, Cracker, Cracka, it's all racist. The sooner we round up and execute the fuckers still using these words, the sooner we'll become a civilised culture.
Starting with mainstream rappers like 50 cent...
So, executing people that we have a disagreement with, is considered civilized eh?
Which southern state do you live in hmm?
Ooops! That was racist of me wasn't it!
Better start prepping my noose![/quote]

Fuck me, you'd think you'd never seen italics before...
 
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It is a racial slur. Whether you choose to be offended by it is another thing.

See: All other racial slurs. And all descriptive terms.

Most groups use slurs on themselves from within, but balk at those used from without.

However, if a group gets offended by parody of that, then they're gonna be getting a LOT more parody.
 

DanDeFool

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MrDeckard said:
2) I have never met a white person in my life who has honestly been insulted by words like "Cracker" or "Whitey". It's just silly.
Exactly. Getting mad about it will just make the problem worse.

Or, in other words, follow this example:

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Xealeon

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It can be a racial slur all it wants, doesn't make it any less hilarious when people call me it. I just feel that a really proper insult should not be able to be mistaken for a request for a light afternoon snack.
 

AgDr_ODST

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honestly if some one called me a cracker....even in anger I think I'd be more inclined to laugh than get offended or be stunned by it the use of the term....hell it'd probably ask if I was a saltine or a ritz!
 

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TheRocketeer said:
Yes, it is obviously a racial slur. Is it much of a big deal? Yes and no, I guess. Saying it does make you a bigot, a prick, and most likely a colossal fucking hypocrite. But I can't imagine it doing much harm since it's nearly impossible to make a white person feel bad about being white, since the only enduring bad stereotype about them is that they're racists, which is what 'cracker' is supposed to evoke in the first place.
Exactly. As racial slurs go, it's pretty feeble, because there's no social weight behind it.
 

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Sober Thal said:
Actually, as far as some people are concerned, it already is.

EDIT: Waiting for a whip reference..... do people even know what it means???

*Looks down*

Okay, I wasn't sure if everyone knew that.
I know.
OP: In certain situations it is one. I don't like being called a slave driver.
 

Canadamus Prime

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I always thought the term "cracker" referred to a hacker that hacked with malicious intent.
You know, like Anonymous.
 

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My two cents on the subject as a whole is simply this:

WE ARE ALL OF THE HUMAN RACE!

People as a whole need to stop referring to people who happen to have a different skin color as being of a different race. Even the term 'racism' and it's derivatives only serve to perpetuate the problem as they separate people into different races based on skin color and slight deviations in physical features. The only path to unity is for us to stop categorizing people based on these trivialities.

The whole concept of a racial slur or a race-based hate crime do little to nothing to stem the attitudes or actions of those under the delusions of 'racism' and in fact, serve to perpetuate the concept. I'm not saying that we shouldn't take action on those who act upon the fallacy of racism, but it's certainly not the best solution to the problem by far...

But to the question posed, if the term cracker is used with contempt and meant as an insult, then being offended is only natural. Responding in kind with another, similar insult is of course an incorrect solution but so is labeling the phrase or term a 'racial' slur as that will only serve to further the fabricated schism that people of differing skin color have placed between themselves.
 

klakkat

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Since it has a similar connotation, if black people can call whites 'crackers' whites should be allowed to call blacks 'niggers.' Kinda dickish to use either, but it's only fair; if they can use racial slurs, we should be allowed to as well.

Basically, I'm saying if you want me to take you seriously, don't use the word. Cause if you call me that, I'm going to think "that is one stupid fucker." And I'm going to treat you like you're retarded. Fortunately, most people have basic goddamn manners.