Why is it ok for black ppl to mak fun of white ppl but not the other way around?

Question

A black guy calls you a cracker and its funny you call him a ...lol...and their is a fight

Answer 1

The same reason that there is not a miss White America, or a united Caucasian collage fund. I don't know if it is a real term but can we say reverse racism.

Answer 2

Okay, cracker?? Say slavery was reversed and cracker meant the N word and the N word meant cracker. Say white people were slaves and the black people were slave owners, being called a cracker would be really hurtful and being called the N word would have no meaning. They say white people don't know what its like to be discriminated against, true, however, the Jews went through the same thing black people did, they know what’s it like. They know the history. Some black people say we should get paid for enslavement, no, I don't think so, why would any Black American want that? Does racism exist, HELL YES! And I say this because I've experienced it. I am sick and tired of people thinking that all Black people are ignorant, All black people don't have jobs, all black people are lazy, all black people smoke weed, all black men are in jail, and so on and so on. Yes, black comedy crack on white people.... Why? Because it’s a defense mechanism. White people make jokes about black people the time. I don't agree with it at all. I don't agree with any type of racism. What’s the point? All we are doing is holding each other down. And while I am on the topic, I am so sick and tired of brothers blaming all their problems on the "man". And white men blaming all the crime and such on the black man. All it is a vicious cycle. See what happen with Katrina, which was a prime example of how many Americans doesn’t care about black people. And its not just from White people, Asians discriminated against blacks, Mexicans, etc. I don't think we will ever get on this racial hump. It’s sad that our President is one of the men that can be racist. I live in Louisiana and we have a Police chief that is racist. The fact of the matter is SOME white people will never like blacks, too much crime, too many people are seeing black people on television with their pants hanging off their ***** and disrespecting us woman. I think that if we stop disrespecting ourselves then maybe some white people will stop disrespecting us. I think I will stop cause I have gotten all off topic....

Answer 3

It is never okay to make fun of anyone. The fact that they are black or white or crippled or whatever doesn't matter. My thoughts on black people making fun of white people being okay and not okay for whites to do the same are this...first of all white people have never been oppressed by black people for years, they have not been denied their basic rights ,i.e. the right to vote, the right to read , the right to go to any school in their area, the right to not be lynched, the list could go on and on. When a black person calls another person a "cracker" it is not said with total derision and a feeling of power to diminish that person. When a white person called a black person a "******" it was spat out with utter contempt and hatred and a feeling that that person was less than a human being. A black person saying the word "cracker" will never have the same connotations as when a white person says the word "******." Years ago if a black person was heard calling a white man a "cracker" his life was not worth a cracker by the same token the white man called blacks ******* as a matter of course... ****** do this , ****** do that, he had that right (he was born with it) There is a lot of history (on both sides) and some of it is not good.

Answer 4

****** is a term used to refer to black people. When used by non-blacks, it is considered extremely derogatory. During the period when slavery was practiced worldwide, and in particular by the United States and European countries, and for several decades after Europe and North America prohibited slavery, it was a standard, casual English term for black people. The word traditionally has been associated with an often casual contempt, a racist assumption of black inherent inferiority, even of bestiality, making it extremely pejorative. In the last 100 years it has also become a friendly and jocular term, used self referentially, among some black people. In such a context, it is often spelt "*****," to mitigate offense.

The term "cracker" was and is used most frequently in the South, especially in Georgia and Florida. Since the 1870s a nickname for Georgia is "The Cracker State", which is displayed proudly with no hint of insult.

Historically the word suggested poor, white rural Americans with little formal education. Historians point out the term originally referred to the strong Scots-Irish of the backcountry (as opposed to the English of the seacoast). Thus a sociologist reported in 1926, "As the plantations expanded these freed men [formerly bond servants) were pushed further and further back upon the more and more sterile soil. They became 'pinelanders,' 'corn-crackers,' or 'crackers.'" [Kephard Highlanders] Frederick Law Olmsted, an observant Yankee who visited the South in the 1850s, noted that some Crackers "owned a good many negroes, and were by no means so poor as their appearance indicated." [McWhiney xvi]

Usage of the term "cracker" generally differs from "hick" and "hillbilly" because crackers reject or resist assimilation into the dominant culture, while hicks and hillbillies theoretically are isolated from the dominant culture. In this way, the cracker is similar to the redneck. In the African American community, "cracker" is a disparaging term synonymous with "white trash." (The OED cites the 1830s origin of white trash as a word used by slaves on rich plantations to ridicule poor whites.)

Since 1900 "cracker" has become a proud or jocular self-description. With the huge influx of new residents from the North, "cracker" is now used informally by some white residents of Florida and Georgia ("Florida cracker" or "Georgia cracker") to indicate that their family has lived there for many generations.

Caution: the term "white cracker" is not always used self-referentially and remains a disparaging term. [1]

Now you tell me what you would rather be called if you had a choice

Answer 5

Who said that it was funny when a black person called a white person a cracker? Its really not okay to use racism as a punchline, however, people often laugh in the face of what makes them uncomfortable. Also, I have noticed that each race makes fun of the other respectively i.e. Mind of Mencia, Kathy Griffin, as well as Dave Chappelle. And I'd also like to add that the N word carries a sting of humiliation and degradation with it that a lot of black people feel they can take the power away from it by incorporating it into their language at an attempt to making it common. However, there has never been a mob of "crackers" slain or whipped throughout history and it bears about the same amount of pain as a school yard name calling contest, their is no real history behind the label of "cracker" or "whitey" as it is "******, nigguh, or *****". There are several of us black people who find these words to be offensive and do not use them in reference to ourselves or anyone else.

And on a side note, I say strip the color from these word lables interchange cracker and ***** and chink and any other racial slur, deprive them of their previous meanings and take the power away from them. If one finds this hard to do, then one should examine him or herself and wonder about the personal racist views that may lurk within.

Answer 6

Okay, so for the most part white people can make fun of black people in a comedy setting. Comedians whether white or black can say a whole host of things that may be considered offensive or controversial and get away with it because everyone knows they're joking. There are many ways to have jokes without saying the "N' word though. That is where it becomes offensive because of the meaning behind the "N" word. Seriously does cracker represent a horrible past for white people. I don't even think that black people should embrace the "N" word, its kind of ignorant on our part.

Answer 7

You know... I accept that in the past a lot of terrible things happened. Slavery and abduction from one's own land was a horrific thing to happen. BUT, while things are still not perfect, the world has changed.

Reverse Discrimination is just as bad as "traditional" discrimination and neither should be tolerated. I don't want to sound all fuzzy and warm, but we are all equal (at least that is what we are told) and should treat each other equaly.

Just to add my little bit of controversy here, in the UK (and I'm sure it's the same in other places), reverse discrimination is taking on a whole new level... I can now fail an interview and be refused a job, even if I am more than qualified or experienced in order that the company employs a person from an ethnic minority to meet "ethnicity targets"... Whatever happened to "Right man (or woman!) for the right job"?!

We should never forget history, after all it's said that those who do are doomed to repeat it. For all our sakes though, can we at least accept that the vast majority of people in this world are decent people and hold similar views and don't want to see those "history lessons" happen again?

Don't let those lunatic fringe nut jobs out there that want a resurgence of the "old ways" spoil it for the rest of us... We're not all like that and each and every one of us deserves equal respect.

Answer 8

It's all part of the fact that reverse discrimination, affirmative action and political correctness has run amok and gotten totally out of control. There should be nothing wrong with poking fun at anybody, and if you can't take it if someone pokes fun at you then you are unbalanced in some psycho-killer sort of way. If some black guy were to call me a "cracker" I'd probably call him a "sambo" or something equally inane like that and hope we could get a laugh out of it. Call me a cracker or a honkey all you want... no problem. You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Many times I even call MYSELF a stupid idiot, so if I can do that and it's ok, then anyone else can too.

What, me worry?

Answer 9

As black women, I don't like the use of any derogatory word, but let me point out that when you refer to us as "them", some people may take offense. I know why some African Americans use the word. It comes out of feeling frustrated and left out. Although we have made great gains in the US, there is still a lot of poverty and joblessness in the black community. I am not making an excuse, just stating the obvious. Also, the first slaves arrived in this country in 1620 and the practice of slavery lasted until technically 1865 (I am not counting 80 or so years of Jim Crow when we were still de facto slaves). All of that hurt, humiliation, and hatred will not disappear in a few decades. It will take at least 100 years of freedom and TRUE equality before some of the wrongs inflicted on African Americans can be put to rest.

PS. I am of the 1% who has been to Africa and although they were not enslaved as our ancestors were in this country, they are still enslaved by economics and poverty that can be directly linked to European imperialism.


Sorry so long, but you asked.

Answer 10

The truth is that it is not okay however I thonk people allow it because I guess it is a type of revenge for all of the times African Americans were called names openly. Still, I do see the double standard in it. I think some people think that since we were called name that they show be allowed to do the same but it should not be that way. Even though it has been many years since "mainstream" racisim has ceased, there are still some that hurt from it or live where there is still rampant racisim still. I don't like when names are said either way.

Answer 11

This is something my daughter (14) has come to me about. In the halls of her school, the black, Asian and Hispanic kids are allowed to call her 'white girl' or 'cracker' and nothing is said or done about it.
For example, she was in an argument with a Hispanic girl, and three times the other girl used the terms 'white girl' (emphasis on white) as an insult. Nothing was done about her obvious racist comment, though the very next day a kid was suspended for using calling the same girl an 'illegal'
Neither comment was right - but they were not equally condemned.