Federal jury rejects ‘N-word’ among blacks in workplace

[Sunstroke]

If someone called me a cracker, I'd think it's hilarious. As an Italian, I also don't find the term WOP to be offensive either.

We're living in way too sensitive a world, imo...

[Buddhagirl]

I would tend to agree with this. However, if they are your family or friends, they probably already know who you are and don't give a shit.

Now this one is interesting. I'm not sure who this mythical wrong person is but just because someone doesn't like the words you use to describe them doesn't give them any right to physically touch you in any way. That's how people get beaten, shot, and killed. Has nobody learned anything from Trayvon's actions. In the case of someone's little feelings getting hurt, my best advice would be to just take it or vacate the area. Sticks and stones.

WTF is up with your hard on for Trayvon Martin?

[Landshark]

*Funny how "cracker" is now supposed to be this heinous racial slur, yet it's never, ever censored in any media story discussing it.  I'd say it is approximately the same level of "racial slur" as "the coloreds" or "chinaman."

The term "cracker" originated in a non-racist way.  There was a group of Abolitionists that were expelled from the state of Georgia because of what they believed in.  They moved south into Florida and set up their land there.  They were known as "crackers" because they herded their cattle by cracking 14 foot whips.

Now this one is interesting. I'm not sure who this mythical wrong person is but just because someone doesn't like the words you use to describe them doesn't give them any right to physically touch you in any way. That's how people get beaten, shot, and killed. Has nobody learned anything from Trayvon's actions. In the case of someone's little feelings getting hurt, my best advice would be to just take it or vacate the area. Sticks and stones.

In some states, using words that provoke someone into physical violence can be just like throwing the first punch in the eyes of the law.

[CF DolFan]

The term "cracker" originated in a non-racist way.  There was a group of Abolitionists that were expelled from the state of Georgia because of what they believed in.  They moved south into Florida and set up their land there.  They were known as "crackers" because they herded their cattle by cracking 14 foot whips.

No one actually can pin point the root of the term. The term cracker was already used in England before Florida cowboys existed. People who cracked jokes (comedians) were crackers. Shakespeare used the term in a story. People like to say it had to do with whips and slaves while others say it was because of the "class of people" in Florida and Georgia who ate crackling corn but they are all assumptions. No one really knows. My guess is different people have used it for different reasons.

All we really "know" is that it can be used as a racist term or even a term of southern pride.

My father grew up on a farm in the middle of Georgia. He didn't have electricity or indoor plumbing until they sold the farm and moved to DeLand in 1947 at the age of 12. The reason I say this is to give some insight. They had blacks who worked the farm and their kids played with my dad. My grandmother passed away about 10 years ago and she used the "n" word when referring to black people but I never heard her say it in a racist way. In fact one of the things that stick out in my mind was her telling me to get up and let the "n" woman sit down at the doctors office.

It's funny to me that people allow words to have such power over them. I say this as a father who has tried to teach his children that they do not.  I've said it before but I'll say it again. If you wouldn't get mad if someone called you a car then why would you get mad if they called you a dummy? If it isn't true then it's just plain silly. 

[Buddhagirl]

I honestly had never heard the term "cracker" until I moved to Florida and oddly it was a couple of my white friends that referred to themselves as crackers. I have absolutely no idea what it means.

[bsfins]

I'm an ass backwards, fat ass,neck has a reddish tint to it,hillbilly....It has nothing to do with what someone else calls me, it's what I think about myself...

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

We're living in way too sensitive a world, imo...

I Agree 100000%

I am also a white Italian male....I have been called every name in the book and quite frankly....I don't give a frosty fuck.

[bsmooth]

If someone called me a cracker, I'd think it's hilarious. As an Italian, I also don't find the term WOP to be offensive either.

We're living in way too sensitive a world, imo...

So you have no papers eh?

[Sunstroke]

I have no papers, though I have been cited For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge...

[bsmooth]

I have no papers, though I have been cited For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge...

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Sunstroke]

Pics or it didn't happen.

Pics, nothing...just watch any of the movies at www.NudeMidget.com. I'm the biggest star in the smallest films.

And to get things back on topic... Yeah, that N-word really pisses me off.

[pondwater]

And to get things back on topic... Yeah, that N-word really pisses me off.

I guess that would make you pissed off at the certain people who use the word the most and think they are entitled to use the word while condemning others for the same behavior.

[Sunstroke]

I guess that would make you pissed off at the certain people who use the word the most and think they are entitled to use the word while condemning others for the same behavior.

I get the most pissed off at people who try to decide what I should be pissed off about...

[pondwater]

I get the most pissed off at people who try to decide what I should be pissed off about...

Just making the logical deduction. If the N-word pisses you off so much, then the group of people that most often use the word with impunity should be the people that piss you off. Actually, it looks like you get the most pissed off when someone hits a nerve when they call you out  on your hypocrisy.