re: The Ferguson Protestors Were Yelling Racial Slurs Last Night

I remember reading that when National Lampoon made Animal
House, the studio was concerned about it's racial scenes and wanted them to remove them from the movie. They were afraid it would be called racist and offensive. So, they invited Richard Pryor to a private screening to get his take. He told them it was hilarious, they were too sensitive and to get over it.

It seems like today, we may be able to make fun of ourselves, but are intolerant of anyone else doing so. And we've become SO PC, ridiculously so. A classic comedy like Animal House could never be made today.

It's a double standard, but it's also ridiculous to equate cracker and the n word.

Also, if I could avoid hearing the idiotic "they can say it to each other but I can't say it" argument, that'd be great. We know it is hypocritical.

Check your privilege yo.

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but it's also ridiculous to equate cracker and the n word.

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No it isn't. People say those words with the intention of insulting the person. That's all that matters.

When black people call you a cracker , they are saying it with the intention of being as insulting as the word "n*****" is to them.

Prime Time Money makes a good point, imo. It isn't just a matter of whether someone is offended by these terms. The intent of the person uttering racial slurs needs to be considered, too.

Imo, racism is racism. Hatred is hatred. That component of the equation is present regardless of whether anybody is offended by the actual words.

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had chicken thrown at me

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Sorry but I had to laugh

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No white person is actually offended by being called honkey or cracker.

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So this makes every thing okay then?

Whites are better at defusing racial slurs directed at them then other races

Whites are less sensitive to racial slurs than other races

Whites don't take seriously the people who make racial slurs directed at them

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Whites don't take seriously the people who make racial slurs directed at them

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Not necessarily. Whites can be very sensitive to ethnic slurs, but the thing is, unlike African Americans, there is no white "solidarity". Whites don't stick up for one-another. Whites have always been divided among ethnic lines. The Irish hate the Scots hate the British hate the French hate the Germans hate the Poles hate the Russians hate the Slavs hate the Greeks hate the Italians hate the Spanish, ect and everyone hates the Jews.

Italians stick up for other Italians, but don't care about other nationalities. The same is true for all other "white" groups.

However, call an Italian a wap or dego, and you may see the fists start flying.

The same is true for calling a Polish person a Polack, an Irish person a Mick, a Jewish person a kyte, ect.

Whites don't really take offense to being called generic "white" racial slurs like "honky", "whitebread", or "cracker", but they take insults to their nationality to heart.