why is it when
white people get called crackers they find it offensive
why is it when
black people get called N*igger*z they find it offensive
why is it when
chinese people get called chi**nkz they find it offensive
why is it when
japeneese people get called japz they find it offensive
why is it when mexicanz are called *****ckz they find it offensive
is it slang?
2006-09-03 12:08:34 · 24 answers · asked by Prep♥™ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
call me a cracker, I don't care what I'm called.
Pay me what I'm owed and leave me alone otherwise.
People are offended by way too much these days.
2006-09-03 12:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by jim g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only are they slang, they're also derogatory terms. They have different connotations than the actual name for the ethnicity.
For instance if I was talking about the new girl in school, and I said, "She's Japanese," that really doesn't say much about what I think about her. But if I said, "She's a jap," you'd probably get the idea that I wasn't too crazy about her.
I think it has a lot to do with the way the terms have been used in the past. If people used the word cracker more often in sentences like, "I wish I was as pretty as that cracker, she always has the cutest clothes, " or "I'm glad we had that cracker to help us out on our first day. Without her, I definitely would've gotten lost," I'd probably be less likely to be offended the next time someone called me that.
2006-09-03 19:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by corny 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not slang these are insults. I am latina but never heard the word spi*s in mexico. I don't believe I'm a sp*c I am mexican and that is the bottom line. People don't have to like it and if they want to label me that is fine. The people saying these things are the ones who have an inferiority complex and try to bring others to a lower level than they are in order to feel good.
2006-09-03 19:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by saucylatina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't care if people call me cracker but I wouldnt call anyone all of those other names. Yes it's offensive slang.
2006-09-03 19:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one should take offense to any word. I don't think to many white people are offended by the word cracker, at least none that I know.
2006-09-03 19:16:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People find it offensive because they are being called a name in a mean way. If somebody was arguing with you and they called you a name , you would be ticked. They are offended because that name might be something bad.
2006-09-03 19:12:52 · answer #6 · answered by Kimberly G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's like some secret language, you are supposed to know not to say those things, and if you do people get offended, which makes sense i guess, but i think its kinda like, call me whatever, just DONT call me that. to some people they wanna say it more. So i think they find it offensive because those are things you arent supposed to say, and when you do, they feel like you have stepped on there rule, or whatever. just a guess. im prolly wrong.
~Ashlyn~ sorry i tend to get off the subject and ramble, the above answer it's sorta obvious.HA.
2006-09-04 02:13:57 · answer #7 · answered by a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crackers don't get offended. Call me that all day. Only the other races find it offensive. It's gay as hell. They are only words. Some people are just too proud.
2006-09-03 19:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by d12.emin3m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesnt matter what you like to call it, its something that offends people. So if you arent intending to offend, find other words to use. Otherwise, you sound very selfish using a word that you KNOW hurts others.
2006-09-04 10:17:08 · answer #9 · answered by boomerang3que 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not slang,especially for us blacks,we've taken it and made it a better word.No offense,but we don't want whites to say it due to the fact our ancestors where called that during slavery.
2006-09-03 19:11:09 · answer #10 · answered by Ramon O 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋