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White racism has historically been far worse than black racism.
Not necessarily from a moral stand point, but from a practical stand point.
In the past white racism had a very real impact on your future. It affected every facet of your life.
Black racism just meant black people didn't like you. Which didn't matter because they were the bottom rung of society. They had no leverage.
While many of the systemic grievances of the past have been corrected, and a great majority of white Americans are not racist, there is still a generational memory of what was.
When we finally do reach equality black racism won't matter more. White racism will matter less.
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Allstarslacker is a 
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I didn't even know what a cracker was until I hit college. When I found out
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It should bother you because of the intent behind it. It is a pejorative entirely based on race.
It is no different than the ones used to belittle other races, it just doesn't carry the social stigma that they do.
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Pejoratives only bother insecure people.
Secure people can read between the lines and understand why the word is being said.
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Sansfear posted:
It is no different than the ones used to belittle other races, it just doesn't carry the social stigma that they do.
No, it really is different. Because 99% of the time the people saying it don't have any power over anyone else.
What makes racism more than just an ethical problem is when it is combined with power and particularly the state or employers.
Someone calling me a cracker on the street shows they are a racist douchebag but it doesn't really have any impact on my life the way that the pervasive discrimination of two generations ago had on black people, particularly in the south. The word "cracker" isn't a symbol of state oppression.
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Race jokes never bother me lol
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I laughed because the guy using the word didn't know what it meant either. 
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I called someone a cracker here once and got a handful of angry white people all up in arms about my blatant racism.
And they were right....since I meant it in the Good Old Southern White Boy way.
Somebody even whined to the mods and got "cracker" removed. Some cracker ass cracker no doubt!
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