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Creepy Ass Cracker.... Racist or no? [W:329/550]

Is the phrase "Creepy Ass Cracker" Racist?

  • Yes!

    Votes: 49 62.8%
  • No!

    Votes: 14 17.9%
  • I blame Whitey!

    Votes: 8 10.3%
  • Other

    Votes: 7 9.0%

  • Total voters
    78
What's a Cracker?

I'm proud to be a Florida cracker.
I'm never creepy, except when i'm stalking something I'm planning to shoot.
Maybe sometimes I'm an ass. but I'll only accept that from my wife. :)
as to the definition of cracker someone who is ignorant and has a tendency toward violence? I'm NOT ignorant! :)
 
Without institutional backing, it's mere bigotry or prejudice. Without institutional backing, most of the concept regarding oppression is lost and the term is reduced to an overly-simple description for that which implies so much more than mere powerless bigotry.

It's the 'sociological definition'.

Where in the world did you drag this bunch of balony up? With this definition then KKK's are not racist because they have no institutional backing.
 
Of course the old "sticks and stones..." applies. I just think many will agree that we're sick of the double standard. It's a laugh that so far the evidence and testimony only shows TM used racial slurs, yet the prosecution wants to paint Z as the racist.

I really don't know much about that case, so I can't comment on it. I didn't realize this thread was even related to that.
 
Some sociologists have defined racism as a system of group privilege. In Portraits of White Racism, David Wellman has defined racism as “culturally sanctioned beliefs, which, regardless of intentions involved, defend the advantages whites have because of the subordinated position of racial minorities”.[23] Sociologists Noël A. Cazenave and Darlene Alvarez Maddern define racism as “...a highly organized system of 'race'-based group privilege that operates at every level of society and is held together by a sophisticated ideology of color/'race' supremacy.

Racism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Racism is a system, enforced by those in power. It's not just racial bigotry.
 
The title says it all.... do you believe calling someone a "Creepy Ass Cracker" is racist???????

Uh, does 'ass cracker' refer to those guys who's pants are down by the crotch? 'Cause that's nasty, but not creepy, so maybe it is racist.
 
Where in the world did you drag this bunch of balony up? With this definition then KKK's are not racist because they have no institutional backing.

Racial bigotry against blacks has state institutional backing in the US. It is not gone.
 
it is racist but one I laugh at, like honkey...

Whenever I hear these terms thrown at me I can't help but laugh....

"hahahahaha, say it again, say it again....hahahaha" :lamo

Cracker derives its name from the white man cracking his whip. The insult is greater for the person using the term because If I'm the whip cracking slave driver, what does that make them? Eh? People have to think...
 
Here's another way to see what I'm talking about:

Racism is an ISM. It's not just bigotry or prejudice, it's a system. It cannot be enforced or enacted by an individual or minority without majority power, it requires state institutional backing.
 
I really don't know much about that case, so I can't comment on it. I didn't realize this thread was even related to that.

Its not meant to be a debate about the case.

Its meant to be a debate about the fact that people seem to think it is acceptable. The double standard.


And then again, anything that is the white person towards black person/black person towards white person equivalent immediately gets dismissed by the "sociology" argument, which pretty much says that because white people had power in the U.S. during periods of oppression generations before my lifetime, I can be racist but those of other racist cannot be.



The definition of racism is however it is being used currently.... the meaning of words change over time, this one has.

Whites have not "oppressed" blacks in my lifetime, so that sociology argument **** doesn't apply to me.
 
Here's another way to see what I'm talking about:

Racism is an ISM. It's not just bigotry or prejudice, it's a system. It cannot be enforced or enacted by an individual or minority without majority power, it requires state institutional backing.

So basically what you are saying is that nobody in the U.S. can possibly be racist because there is not systematic oppression in the U.S.


Please tell the media this.
 
Examples?

You think racism in the US is gone, a thing of the past? No, state institutional discrimination still exists in this country (against blacks), through the majority oppressing minorities and exercising a system of privilege.
 
You think racism in the US is gone, a thing of the past? No, state institutional discrimination still exists in this country (against blacks), through the majority oppressing minorities and exercising a system of privilege.

Okay.... you can keep repeating yourself until you are blue in the face.....

Someone asked you for a U.S. Law that demonstrates institutional racism..

I second that request.
 
So basically what you are saying is that nobody in the U.S. can possibly be racist because there is not systematic oppression in the U.S.


Please tell the media this.

I'm saying that it's only racism when by the majority (or group in power) against a minority (or group lacking majority power). A minority cannot be racist, as there is no state institutional backing.

There is state institutional backing against minorities in the US today. Racism still exists today.
 
There is state institutional backing against minorities in the US today. Racism still exists today.

The Jeopardy music is playing.......
 
So basically what you are saying is that nobody in the U.S. can possibly be racist because there is not systematic oppression in the U.S.


Please tell the media this.

Might want to tell the racists too....I'm sure they'll be exstatic. ;)
 
You think racism in the US is gone, a thing of the past? No, state institutional discrimination still exists in this country (against blacks), through the majority oppressing minorities and exercising a system of privilege.

Who does this is what I'm asking you.
 
The Jeopardy music is playing.......

Do you deny that racism against blacks is a significant element of society in the US today? Permeating all levels of society.
 
Do you deny that racism against blacks is a significant element of society in the US today? Permeating all levels of society.

Yes..
 
Its not meant to be a debate about the case.

Its meant to be a debate about the fact that people seem to think it is acceptable. The double standard.


And then again, anything that is the white person towards black person/black person towards white person equivalent immediately gets dismissed by the "sociology" argument, which pretty much says that because white people had power in the U.S. during periods of oppression generations before my lifetime, I can be racist but those of other racist cannot be.



The definition of racism is however it is being used currently.... the meaning of words change over time, this one has.

Whites have not "oppressed" blacks in my lifetime, so that sociology argument **** doesn't apply to me.

I certainly don't think that racism is exclusive to any particular ethnicity. Anyone can be a racist, regardless of the color of their skin.

I don't think that making any minority group feel as though they are always victimized is not doing them any favors. Also, people should really consider the source.
 
Do you deny that racism against blacks is a significant element of society in the US today? Permeating all levels of society.

Obviously since the president self identifies as black. ;)
 
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