Crackers, please…

Salon ^ | June 27, 2013 | Joan Walsh

[TigersEye]

The left thinks they know what the jurors are thinking?
That's retarted, Sir.

[rktman]

Appropriate response from a crackuh: What’d you call me mo’ fo’?

[gaijin]

Why would a black male describe a white male as a n*gga..?

Cuz n*gga means “male”.

And HO means female.

Sad huh..? But datS da TRUFF.

[MrB]

But “cracker” has never had the same power to demean, or to exile, or to sting. No social order has ever been devised whereby African-Americans oppress people they deride as “crackers.”

Ah... the author reveals the heart of her grievance - that blacks have no word that causes oppression to white people.

We need to start greeting each other with "whuddup ma'cracka?".

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So George Zimmerman is evil because he allegedly racially profiled Trayvon Martin, but Trayvon Martin had every right to racially profile George Zimmerman.

See how that works?

[Red Badger]

Gooood cracker!..........

[Half Vast Conspiracy]

If black people can use the N-word, why can’t we?

This is the second article I've read this mornign that suggests white folks have dedicated their lives to finding ways of saying the N-word and getting a way with it.

Quite silly.

[MrB]

And that upsets them to no end.... ma’cracka.

[dfwgator]

I’m going to start my own rap group, C.W.A.

Our first CD “Straight Outta Sanford” should be out soon.

[TigersEye]

Ahh, you dog! That’ll be best new handle of the year. ;^)

[Servant of the Cross]

... said the thoroughly white elitist snob Salon editor 1% cracker ...

[MrB]

Yeah, it’s come to pass that groups of black youths don’t use racial slurs against whites they want to demean or oppress - they just beat them to death, starting with a sucker punch.

[Da Coyote]

Ah, it was refreshing to read my morning dose of uber intellect from that bastion of high IQ lib arts majors.

The best part was thanking my lucky stars that I had the good luck to actually get sufficient training in logic whilst at university.

Salon, take your race baiting and shove it up your smelly collective Obamas.

[GBA]

The writer almost sounds sane, then suddenly doesn't sound sane at all.

The sort of racism she is missing is like accidentally stepping on a garden rake that's lying on the ground and having the handle fly up and smack you in the face.

She should step on that rake a few more times until she gets the clue, then come back to class for show and tell with something worth talking about.

That might work for her, but my guess is she'll just want to ban garden rakes. Clueless is as clueless does.

[RummyChick]

[Liberty Valance]

[RummyChick]

[BunnySlippers]

Your link doesn’t go to the story.

[SueRae]

another apologist. The comments on that article for the most part make me ill. I see so many stupid people.

[Alex Murphy]

My God, don’t these people get tired of themselves? So much of the trumped-up racial upset on the right, generally, is about language: If black people can use the N-word, why can’t we? (Even Paula Deen tried to use that as self-defense at first.) Now we’re moving on to: If the N-word is racist and forbidden, words like “cracker” should be, too.

But “cracker” has never had the same power to demean, or to exile, or to sting. No social order has ever been devised whereby African-Americans oppress people they deride as “crackers.” We don’t even really know where the term comes from.

If were talking about pumpernickel crackers, I'm pretty sure someone on the left would get upset.