it is a fact. they are both words, but i guarantee you a good 80 percent of the population (at least) is vastly more offended by the word n*gger. and unless you misunderstand white privilege, it's no more or less bullshit today than it was thirty years ago. and i don't want you to agree, just acknowledge.
i can't believe you're not getting this. the intent isn't lesser, but there's more to words than intent. all racial issues aside, you must certainly recognize the place of context, meaning, and reception?
i'm not arguing any of this on a logical level, because race issues are some of the most illogical damn things humankind has to experience. i'm arguing this on the level of reality, which you don't seem to be getting.
"people are more offended by the word n*gger than the word cracker.
the REASON people are more offended by that word involves context, meaning, and reception." can you honestly argue this? disagree with the minutae all you want, but do you actually believe these two simple statements not to be the case?
The word "N*gger" has an entire history that gives reason for offense, cracker doesn't.
Of course "reason for offense" depends on how easily offended you are. Some people know the history of the word and don't find it offensive, but I think it's naive to suggest that the words are equal.
"N*gger" isn't solely offensive just because it's a derogatory word aimed at black people, it's what the word means and implies.
LMAO!! Mostly LMAO at Wheat Thins, very interesting yet hilarious choice of cracker given the plethora of available crackers on the market. Well met good sir, well met.
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Re: Re: Re: I was called a n*gger this morning by a White man, in the U.S. in 2007, for no reason
screw that. if a black guy calls me a cracker, then i am gonna call him a n***er. or something worse.
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i got called white bastard once by a pakastani after i bumped into him in a stairway of a shopping precinct and i gripped the ****er
i felt the arrogance drain from him
he just whimpered sorry
screw name calling
everyones getting the shit
not just blacks
i get it all the time
maybe its my shaven head,harrington jkt and the Fred Perry polo shirts
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i called a black guy a jungle bunny one time after he called me a yankee honkey. Diddnt really accomplish that much. Dont know why i said it, i was mad. dude said i should go back to white suburbia and listen to my country lynchen themes. I told the dude i hate country and that he should go listen to his jungle beats, back in da hood. dude stopped in his place, and said jungle beats? thats some new shit i havent heard. I laughed and said lynchen themes? True story. We are still firends today. Forget what the argument was started over, think it was over how i thought hockey was a better sprot than basketball.
Just thought it was relevant story to tell here, seeing how neither of us were really truly racist against each other, but were focusing on racial slurs just hurt each other.I think that is at the root of many racial remarks, the intentionl to hurt not the intention to discrminiate
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gripped the ***er? the boner?
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porch monkey 4 life.
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i once called a guy "african spearchunker" in a fight.
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i like the mod/skin head look
and seeing as im constantly surrounded by people who look like geography teachers circa 1976 at an Eagles gig and people in shellsuits trying to look like wanky rap stars i consider it a smart look
if the links with the NF to Fred Perry,Harrington jkts etc pisses off various members of ethnic minorities...tough
i find the majority of what they wear offensive
e.g the vulgar obsession with V expensive brands regardless if it looks like a pile of crap whilst worn
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i am white.
but i sides with the black people in this matter.
the most DISGUSTING thing to do is to diss races...
you did the right thing. he wants to make you feel less than you are, and by ignoring him, you did that
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Re: I was called a n*gger this morning by a White man, in the U.S. in 2007, for no re
Intolerant jerks. You'll meet a ton of them. He was probably drunk. On Ginger Ale. That's right. The "ale" part makes stupid people drunk. Because they're stupid like that.
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