knights;3088719 said:Think of it like this:
You're standing on top of a hill throwing--not dropping but throwing--cannonballs at people at the foot of said hill. You've been atop this hill for as long as you've known about the group at the foot of the hill and as long as they have known about you. Throughout the course of history, your grandfathers, fathers, uncles, mothers, aunts, and so forth have helped lob these cannonballs at the people at the bottom of the hill. Sure, a few of your neighbors and countrymen at the top have, against all common sense and head-starts, fallen to the bottom or chosen to live among the people there; however, none of this erases the fact that these fallen look exactly like those who reside at the top of the hill.
Now, imagine, after centuries of throwing these cannonballs, someone at the bottom picks one up and throws it up hill. He manages to put a pothole in your front yard, the bastard. You throw a cannonball back from the top and it obliterates his entire house, soul, and baby toe.
If you understand physics, you know an object coming down has more velocity than one going up. Thus, nigger's impact versus "cracker," "whiteboy," and "white trash." You calling me a nigger comes with much more weight--regardless of whether you are an affluent white guy or as hood as DMX--that cracker never, EVER, will hold because of the roles society has given us. If the roles were reversed and Whites went through the ills that effect the Black community, an argument could be made for how "unfair" it is that I or someone else Black expects to call you cracker and not receive nigger in return.
Think about it. Really. The chances of a White guy being shot by police even while doing something blatantly nutty as waving a sword versus a Black guy being stopped in traffic is ridiculous. The chances of an employer assuming I lied on my resume is astronomical versus an employer thinking the same about you. If I went to a better college, had better grades, and more references, your chances of success are still higher.
And with all of that said, it's unfair that you can't be called a cracker without fear of being hit for coming back with nigger? Really? How greedy can you get?
They are still both racial slurs. Not every white person in the world is racist towards black people. None of my friends are racist, when i go in public i never hear anybody saying the word "Nigger".
I am also not racist, so yes i agree with what you are saying its bit worst to throw racial slurs at black people because of the past they have in terms of racism. But old times are old, things have changed.
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