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To: Tax-chick
“Cracker” started as a slur based on class, not race.

Yes, and the "N-word" has become a slur based on behavior & attitude. It does not apply exclusively to one race nor to the majority of that particular race.

54 posted on 06/28/2013 7:34:56 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: BwanaNdege

Good point.


55 posted on 06/28/2013 7:35:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I want shrimp tacos.)
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To: BwanaNdege
the "N-word" has become a slur based on behavior & attitude. It does not apply exclusively to one race nor to the majority of that particular race.

Exactly. Anyone remember Sheets Byrd talking about white n###ers?

56 posted on 06/28/2013 7:37:33 AM PDT by Marathoner (Sarah Palin is our Esther, for such a time as this)
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