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I have used the "N" word once in my life. And that was when a black guy used the phrase "hillbilly white trash". he got pretty ticked off and I told him that if he didn't like being called something disrespectful he didn't need to be calling others something disrespectful. Doesn't matter what the meaning of something is or its historical background, disrepectful is disrepectful. No ifs ands, or buts. What I really hate is the fact that some racially hot words are ok for one race to use and not others. As stated in a previous post it is ok for one black to call another the n word but not ok for a white to use that word. Isn't that hypocritical? Does the meaning change? And if so how? And why? If it is such a sensitive and disrepectful word why use it at all?
What I really hate is the fact that some racially hot words are ok for one race to use and not others. As stated in a previous post it is ok for one black to call another the n word but not ok for a white to use that word. Isn't that hypocritical? Does the meaning change? And if so how? And why? If it is such a sensitive and disrepectful word why use it at all?
Depends on the people who are saying it. I know females who will call one another ****** but if someone outside their clique says it then it’s a problem. My simple rule in life is I don’t say it and I don’t respond to it; if you can’t respect that than you don’t need to talk to me – fighting because someone called you a name is so first grade.
The long cracker whips are loud like a fire cracker. There is something on the end. I have heard the term "cracker horse" to describe the horses that descended from the old cattle herding horses. I never heard anyone called a cracker when I lived in Florida, except for the cattle herders. Black and white people call one another all kinds of things. White people call each other things, and so do black people. Humans are a strange lot, sometimes.
I was called a "cracker" today for about the fiftieth time since I moved to South Florida 20 years ago.
Is that just another word for "honky"? Am I supposed to be upset and want to fight when I hear it directed at me.
I guess I'm just not up on the whole street slang thing.
Well, I haven't read through the threads but I'm quite sure my answer is not unique. As far as I know and understand, a 'cracker' is a derogatory term for a white person, basically the equivalant of n*****. I've heard plenty of blacks use it against whites and it's always been in a demeaning way. Pay no heed to the messager.
Depends on the people who are saying it. I know females who will call one another ****** but if someone outside their clique says it then it’s a problem. My simple rule in life is I don’t say it and I don’t respond to it; if you can’t respect that than you don’t need to talk to me – fighting because someone called you a name is so first grade.
I've been noticing this trend of women (I hear if from the younger ones on campus a lot) referring to one another as 'b****es' and 'w****s'. I don't mean when they're putting each other down; they simply refer to other women in those terms instead of as, well, women, ladies, people. I actually had a young girl in one of my classses (who I didn't know) ask me where the 'B****es room was'. I was FLOORED. I don't know how or when this got popularized (rap music? popular TV culture?) but it's kind of disturbing to me that not only are the young men referring to the women in this manner but the other women are also. Do they see themselves in this light? Why is this OK?
Hey, maybe I'll use that line the next time I see someone crying about the dreaded and over-rated N word.
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