2007-01-06 15:24:38 · 42 answers · asked by Satin sheets 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
yes, my son is always calling me and his father "cracker" and it pisses me off. If I'm a cracker and his father is a cracker, wouldn't that make him a cracker too? Try explaining that to a 12 year old though. They think they know everything!!.
But besides that it is offensive to some people. I do not find it offensive unless it was meant to be offensive. My son says it to be offensive.
2007-01-06 15:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by The Pig! 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's like the opposite of the N word.
But I thought this was funny!
My cousin and I were orguing and my three year old asked what was wrong. I told her to go call Zach a fricken fracker and I would be okay.
So she suns outside, in the middle of the neighborhood and yells "Zach, you are a fricken CRACKER".
Everyone cracked up, except for her!!
But, now it's not so funny to call someone a cracker!!
2007-01-06 15:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by baby oh's 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm ... yes. That is a ratial slurr. It's just as bad as calling a black person the n word or a mexican a beaner. Joking is one thing among friends but if you are calling someone a cracker just because you feel like it and to be mean that is being extremely discriminating and wrong.
2007-01-06 15:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by ~Les~ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unless they are from Georgia, absolutely it's wrong. At one point, it was considered a compliment in Georgia, but it is essentially a racial slur now, and can only be taken as such, as it is usually used interchangibly with "white trash."
(Lance: to answer your question, that's because "cracker" has another meaning that is not offensive. It's like George Carlins skit about the 7 words you can't say on TV. You can say "Pussy" on TV - if you're talking about a cat and you can say "Cock" if you're talking about a Rooster. The "N-word" is considered universally offensive, at least in a general public context and can, therefore, be easily filtered.)
2007-01-06 15:28:14 · answer #4 · answered by Deke 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Calling a white person a cracker is like calling a black person a n igger. Of course that is wrong.
2007-01-06 15:26:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
it depends on who you are calling a cracker?? I guess.. You must know the person well enough and feel comfortable... you know who you can & can't say things to... right?
2007-01-06 15:27:14 · answer #6 · answered by LeighAnne K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as wrong as it is to call someone the N word
2007-01-06 15:26:04 · answer #7 · answered by Ethernaut 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
yes it is a derogatory term it comes from the days of slavery it refers to the man responsible for the whipping of slaves " cracking the whip" here comes the cracker
2007-01-06 15:27:26 · answer #8 · answered by mrpeg422 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cheese and crackers. My favorite.
2007-01-06 18:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by ebonyruffles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And to even make things more ironic I've heard that the "N" word was a classification given to certain white people in earlier days
2007-01-06 15:31:48 · answer #10 · answered by Sailon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋