Rhetorical question

[lbd_nytetrayn]

So a coworker and I were discussing Chasing Amy earlier, and the part where the black comic book artist(I forget the name) was ripping into Star Wars, turning it into a black vs. white thing.

Anyway, that lead to the question: if African-American folk can call each other n----s(not a term I'm comfortable using with the exception of the Something Awful/4chan/YTMND gag), then can Caucasians call each other "cracker," or better yet, "cracka?" Seems it should be alright in the same sense as the other.

Joking around a bit in a sort of way playing on how some of the African-American persuasian use theirs, it was sort of amusing. Makes me wonder if it could or would ever catch on...

LBD "Nytetrayn"

Comments

[thenekomancer.livejournal.com]

I was actually thinking of that yesterday. It would seem "fair" so to speak, but I don't know if it would really catch on. It just doesn't seem like as bad of a word to use in a condescending context. I mean it was invented from a TV show, whereas the other word was invented from ignorance and hate, and what I had assumed was a southern mispronunciation of the country Niger.

[makzu.livejournal.com]

Actually, it comes from 'negro,' the spanish word for 'black.' They called black people negros all the time way back when.

At least, I think so. Don't quote me on it.

[gregorysparr.livejournal.com]

"Nigger" used to be a term for "good for nothing," and so blacks were labeled "niggers" -- good for nothings. ::Shrug:: Incredible the way people work sometimes.

Anyway, BD, I'm the kind of guy who doesn't care for all race warriors (meaning I dislike David Duke and Jesse Jackson) but I'm annoyed by the way people operate sometimes.

I once was talking about the Ku Klux Klan's history in history class and quoted one of their speeches as an example of how it was founded or something. The quote had the word Nigger in it. I'm not the type of guy who says, "IknowitmightoffendsomeonesoI'mgoingtochangethisquotearound" and I said it. Everyone went apeshit and I said, "The quote was 'nigger'. I said the quote. This is history class, get a fucking grip!"

Everyone's too god damned sensitive if you ask me.

[lbd-nytetrayn.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'm no race warrior, if that's the implication. I just found the notion amusing.

And yes, they are, in cases like that.

LBD "Nytetrayn"

[gregorysparr.livejournal.com]

No, it wasn't the implication, Lord Black Draco. I was just saying.

[lbd-nytetrayn.livejournal.com]

I thought it was the same thing(about Niger), but was told I was wrong.

"Cracker" came from a TV show? I did not know this. I thought it was just something that was used for "balance," at least after hearing Chris Rock use it side-by-side with the other word...

LBD "Nytetrayn"

[thenekomancer.livejournal.com]

My bad, I was thinking of honkey, though that wasn't exactly created by a TV show, just popularized by one (The Jeffersons).

[shaolin-ninja.livejournal.com]

Well, I know some Asians call each other 'Chink' like it's cool, but I hate it.

Then again, I hate the AZN PRIDE thing.