Is cracker racist?

[Anonymous]

Or historical? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)

[Anonymous]

Ask the Black history lady. I'm sure she would say no.

[Anonymous]

it's a pejorative to describe white people, so, yes, it's racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's a pejorative to describe white people, so, yes, it's racist.

Then why is cracking the whip getting a passs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a pejorative to describe white people, so, yes, it's racist.

Then why is cracking the whip getting a passs?

Why are you making bizarre comparisons?

Cracking the whip is an expression. Cracker is a racial epithet. I don't see the connection.

[Anonymous]

Calling someone a cracker is a deliberate insult based on race. It is a display of prejudice ( different from racism which carries a power implication). Crack the whip is generally not said as an insult, and many people who say it are unaware of any racial component to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a pejorative to describe white people, so, yes, it's racist.

Then why is cracking the whip getting a passs?

Why are you such an idiot and thinking that just because a few anonymous DCUM people gave it a pass that everyone does? Your problem is that you are constantly looking for racism. You will always find it if you look hard enough. Stop being angry.
By the way, I'm Black

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a pejorative to describe white people, so, yes, it's racist.

Then why is cracking the whip getting a passs?

Why are you such an idiot and thinking that just because a few anonymous DCUM people gave it a pass that everyone does? Your problem is that you are constantly looking for racism. You will always find it if you look hard enough. Stop being angry.
By the way, I'm Black

Are you really?

[Anonymous]

Cracking the whip had to do with horses.
http://www.simalixia.com/idiomandslangitem.php?id=525

[Anonymous]

Pejorative doesn't equal racist.

I don't believe racial stereotypes against the majority are really racist. Unkind or inappopriate, maybe, but not the same as calling someone the N word.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pejorative doesn't equal racist.

I don't believe racial stereotypes against the majority are really racist. Unkind or inappopriate, maybe, but not the same as calling someone the N word.

Cracker = nigger. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pejorative doesn't equal racist.

I don't believe racial stereotypes against the majority are really racist. Unkind or inappopriate, maybe, but not the same as calling someone the N word.

Cracker = nigger. Period.

Hardly the same thing.

[Anonymous]

I had a woman call me a Cracker and she certainly meant it in a racist way. It was the oddest thing because I had no contact with her prior to her comment. She was walking in the center of a lane in a parking lot and I was following slowly getting ready to turn into a parking space. It was a nice day and my windows were open so I heard her when she turned back and "That's right, Cracker, you have to wait for me". I have to admit I found it funny because no one had ever called me that before and it was totally unprovoked. I was just crawling to the space I wanted and had my turn signal on. My intentions were clear and not menacing in any way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a woman call me a Cracker and she certainly meant it in a racist way. It was the oddest thing because I had no contact with her prior to her comment. She was walking in the center of a lane in a parking lot and I was following slowly getting ready to turn into a parking space. It was a nice day and my windows were open so I heard her when she turned back and "That's right, Cracker, you have to wait for me". I have to admit I found it funny because no one had ever called me that before and it was totally unprovoked. I was just crawling to the space I wanted and had my turn signal on. My intentions were clear and not menacing in any way.

How can she walk with that huge chip on her shoulder?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pejorative doesn't equal racist.

I don't believe racial stereotypes against the majority are really racist. Unkind or inappopriate, maybe, but not the same as calling someone the N word.

Cracker = nigger. Period.

I'm not black, but this analogy is so completely and utterly false. As unsavory as "cracker" is, it's not even anywhere close to being in the same league.