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MichMan

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37. That show ended over 25 years ago

Reply to louslobbs (Reply #27)

Tue Jan 3, 2023, 04:30 PM

Jan 2023

Lots of things now that once were acceptable, no longer are and vice versa.

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Is the term cracker considered a racial epithet? [View all] ripcord Jan 2023 OP

I thought it was more to due with cracking the whip instead of the color of a bleached flour cracker TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #1

Correct AntivaxHunters Jan 2023 #2

I think it comes from white settlers in Georgia and Florida. yardwork Jan 2023 #13

Yes, most definitely- Quakerfriend Jan 2023 #3

Well, White was your skin. The cracker part seems to be more of a 'ball buster' type noun. TheBlackAdder Jan 2023 #6

Cracker is a polite term for the scum that own that epithet randr Jan 2023 #4

I'm an old Florida girl..my grandfather called all us kids crackers.. Deuxcents Jan 2023 #5

According to Wikipedia PatSeg Jan 2023 #7

Cracker is akin to "white trash". no_hypocrisy Jan 2023 #8

Succinct definition. Basic LA Jan 2023 #15

History of the term cracker Quakerfriend Jan 2023 #9

Interesting..terms change w/ the times. Deuxcents Jan 2023 #19

I think it is... LakeArenal Jan 2023 #10

In Hawaii, it's haole The Blue Flower Jan 2023 #21

Thanks. I've only been called it. I've never read it. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #22

My father, a native of Georgia and a very white man used comradebillyboy Jan 2023 #11

I wonder if you called one "poor black trash" or " poor yellow trash"... LakeArenal Jan 2023 #23

not a term of endearment that's for sure dembotoz Jan 2023 #12

Nowhere close to that offensive. yardwork Jan 2023 #14

wife is a white teacher in a black school gets called that a lot dembotoz Jan 2023 #17

Are the students suspended or disciplined? MichMan Jan 2023 #26

nope its their cultural expression says the principal dembotoz Jan 2023 #28

One day they might find themselves in the same situation as the person in the OP that was fired MichMan Jan 2023 #33

I'll answer the question with a question sarisataka Jan 2023 #16

I think of it as a racist epithet. BlueCheeseAgain Jan 2023 #18

It is a racial epithet and its use in the workplace is unacceptable. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2023 #20

"Scotch Irish" mactire Jan 2023 #24

All I know is that when I called someone a cracker in front of my Mom she slapped my mouth. Midnight Writer Jan 2023 #25

In the Heat of the Night script snippet using the word "cracker" louslobbs Jan 2023 #27

That show ended over 25 years ago MichMan Jan 2023 #37

That is from the 1967 movie, around 56 years ago. Celerity Jan 2023 #40

Even worse; I was referring to the TV show MichMan Jan 2023 #44

I never saw the telly show, just the movie Celerity Jan 2023 #45

Carroll O'Connor was the lead actor MichMan Jan 2023 #50

... Crepuscular Jan 2023 #29

It has become a racial epithet. Caliman73 Jan 2023 #30

At the scene of a car accident I was called a "white honky bitch". milestogo Jan 2023 #31

Not in my opinion. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2023 #32

So POC are free to say anything they like against whites who just silently must take it ? MichMan Jan 2023 #35

+1 BeerBarrelPolka Jan 2023 #36

Saying "anything you want" is not the same as using a meaningless term. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2023 #41

You said "there really aren't any racial epithets against white people in general" MichMan Jan 2023 #43

It's a derogartory term for sure. Like ofay or honkey. SYFROYH Jan 2023 #34

or peckerwood Celerity Jan 2023 #39

When I used to dispatch for a Taxi company, every weekend I was called a cracker. sarcasmo Jan 2023 #38

It's a firing offense Sympthsical Jan 2023 #42

I Heartily Concur ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #47

And no company wants to be put in the position of adjucating that Sympthsical Jan 2023 #48

Right With You ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #49

Just got this email from Stromberg's..... Red Mountain Jan 2023 #46

I call myself a "dumb cracker" occasionally to others. roamer65 Jan 2023 #51

CRAIC: an Irish word in America Hekate Jan 2023 #52

Among Black folks, it definitely is a racial epithet. Eugene Jan 2023 #53