Do white people get offended by the phrase "Cracker"?

[Anonymous]

Richard Pryor vs. Chevy Chase: Word Association:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2b21yAeEpQ

[Anonymous]

Can you even offend white folks with racial jokes?

[Anonymous]

I think of a poor white southerner when I hear that. Personally, it doesn't offend me as I think of it more in those social-economic terms. Seems fairly antiquated in any case.

[Anonymous]

It's offensive when used as an insult. Obviously if you are actually talking about real crackers that you eat, no one takes offense. But if someone called me a cracker -- a term I never even heard until I was in my 20s and moved south to DC, by the way -- I would be horrified. I would never think to call anyone by a race-related slur and I would not expect it from others. Now if someone called me an asshole, that's different -- equal opportunity!

[Anonymous]

Nope, not in the least.

-- super-white midwestern person of Irish descent

[Anonymous]

I like

Cracka
White Trash, not poor white trash
White devil
Trailer trash is okay
Don't like honky but laugh when I see it on a tattoo

Rarely offended but rarely hear the above terms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you even offend white folks with racial jokes?

No. They are impervious to jokes like that.

[Anonymous]

22:35 again. thinking about what would offend me and the word honky came to mind. Which also isn't a hugely powerful word in the scheme of things.
But I interpret it as more broadly applied. If someone called me a honky I'd give it more pause than cracker.

[Anonymous]

I am 47, have tons of black friends, and have never heard them use this word. So if they do, it's not in my presence, and therefore doesn't offend me.

[Anonymous]

No, because I'm not one. I am white though. Hell, I'll call my fellow whites crackers if they're ignorant and trashy.

[Anonymous]

No. It is a comical old word. It seems to be more upsetting to Southerners. If it upsets old Southerners then I love it!

[Anonymous]

You're talk about a Ritz, right...

[Anonymous]

Cracker is a phrase?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course it's offensive. It's disgusting. So is the phrase "white trash."

+1. Name calling and slurs -- you really have to ask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think of a poor white southerner when I hear that. Personally, it doesn't offend me as I think of it more in those social-economic terms. Seems fairly antiquated in any case.

So socioeconomic slurs are okay? How elitist of you...