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Author Topic: Is it racist when a black man calls a hispanic dude a cracker? [Locked]
Jezza_Belle  4 stars
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-Mithan- posted:

I never knew the term "cracker" was racist until we had to make a decision about it here on the boards.

(PS: If you call people a "cracker" you are getting banned".


That being said, being an "oppressed" group doesn't give you the right to use racist terms against other people.


Also, I think too much is made out of "racist terms" these days days too and in doing that, we allow these idiot terms to "hold power" and offend people or be used against people.



what about White Bread?

 

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FineYoungCannibals  4 stars
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i like animal crackers, is that wrong?

 

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Depends... Was "Movin' on up" playing afterwards?

 

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-Mithan-  4 stars
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Jezza_Belle posted:

-Mithan- posted:

I never knew the term "cracker" was racist until we had to make a decision about it here on the boards. (PS: Â If you call people a "cracker" you are getting banned". That being said, being an "oppressed" group doesn't give you the right to use racist terms against other people. Also, I think too much is made out of "racist terms" these days days too and in doing that, we allow these idiot terms to "hold power" and offend people or be used against people.

what about White Bread?

We prefer 60% whole wheat bread at home or Rye bread now.We bought a 3lbs bread maker at christmas time and it rocks.

 

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Fallen_daemon  3 stars
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white bread taste taste bland not good for you.

 

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Kriegprojekt  3 stars
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I was called cracker by some black guy who was stealing stuff at the Home Depot I worked at back in the 90s. I started laughing so hard in his face, he left the store.

 

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Kordirn  4 stars
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-Mithan- posted:

I never knew the term "cracker" was racist until we had to make a decision about it here on the boards.

(PS: If you call people a "cracker" you are getting banned".


That being said, being an "oppressed" group doesn't give you the right to use racist terms against other people.


Also, I think too much is made out of "racist terms" these days days too and in doing that, we allow these idiot terms to "hold power" and offend people or be used against people.



So you can't call someone cracker but you can have it in your user name? Does the same rule apply to the N word?

 

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Hyperimiator  3 stars
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Yes

 

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Kordirn  4 stars
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Hyperimiator posted:

Yes



 

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Caoilin  4 stars
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he got grandfathered in. i asked beib a loooooooong time ago why it was allowed when i was getting banned for using to describe a group of people.

 

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