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Hef
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Posted: Tue May 5th, 2009 01:16 am |
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I went to pick up a wall-mounted sink on Sunday afternoon at the Home Depot on Victory Drive in Savannah. I was OC'ing my 1911 in a Blackhawk Serpa holster. I parked my truck, and as I walked toward the front door, I encountered an old black man coming my direction with a cart full of bags.
He looked at me, then down at my hip, then up at my face with a scowl. I said nothing. Then, as he passed by me, he says, "cracka!"
I turned and looked over my shoulder as he said it, then just laughed in disbelief. I then shopped, uneventfully, for my sink.
I've often thought I'd be confronted for OC'ing, though it never occured to me that it would happen like that. Meh, at least he didn't want to argue or call 911 about a MWAG.
Last edited on Tue May 5th, 2009 01:16 am by Hef
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Pagan
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Posted: Wed May 6th, 2009 05:42 pm |
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I remember the first time I was called a cracker. It was back in 1992 when I was still in high school, this black boy called me that and I had never heard that expression before, so I was totally clueless, and I actually started laughing. I guess since it did not have the desired effect I think he was going for, him and his "bro's" walked away, looking at me like I was crazy. I tried to ask some other students what it meant , but none seemed to know the origin or meaning behind it, even the black students I asked could not give me a solid answer, I still don't get it . I still think it's funny.
I do think it is supposed to be some type of racial slur though. But as we all know, sticks and stones......ect.
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Agent19
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Posted: Wed May 6th, 2009 05:51 pm |
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| If that is the worst thing ever said to you consider yourself lucky.
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jerg_064
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Posted: Thu May 7th, 2009 02:58 am |
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I have yet to meet a white person that's ever been offended by a racial slur. I guess were all just proud of who we are.
Kinda goes along with I have never met another redneck that got offended for being called so(usually proud of it), yet if I call a city slicker "city boy" they tend to be offended. lol, it's all just funny. So keep on laughing when you hear it
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Task Force 16
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Posted: Thu May 7th, 2009 06:02 am |
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"Cracker" is a term heard mostly in the south. I was told once by an old Florida cattleman that it referred to those that made their living in agriculture, usually cattle ranching. Even today their are still places in Florida and Georgia where cattle are turn loose in wooded areas that make it hard to round them up..... unless you have some good dogs for the job. I'm not talking about those lovable bordercollies either. These dogs go for the head, Calahula and pitX. The ranglers would follow the dogs on horse back until they had a herd of cows bunched up. The riders carried bull whips, which they used to move the cattle or turn them, and sometimes to pop a dog that failed to "get behind" on command (fall back from the cows and take their place at the heels of the riders horse) . These riders and cow hands were pretty good with a bull whip, being able to "Crack" their whips with ease. Thus the term "Cracker".
A "cracker" house was usually of one story, near square construction, with a pyramid style roof. Many cracker houses have a covered porch all the way around. Cracker houses always set up off the ground on stone or block pillar foundations to allow the air to circulate under the house, keep snakes out, and give those dogs a cool place to crawl under during the hot southern months.
I suspect that some black folks might use the term "Cracker" or "cracka" as a derogitory towards whites, since racial descrimination was still fairly prevelant back during the old "Cracker" days. Not too many blacks own land back then and either were sharecroppers or worked for white "crackers". Problem is, being a "cracker" had never been concidered something shameful, by "crackers". Many old timers think of it as a badge of honor to be called an ol' Florida/Georgia Cracker.
Now, if Georgia has a different version of the "cracker" term, I'm not aware of it.
Last edited on Thu May 7th, 2009 06:08 am by Task Force 16
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old dog
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Posted: Thu May 7th, 2009 10:13 am |
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I've never been sure of what "cracker" is exactly, though it obviously is intended to be a slur.
I've always thought it refers to a poor, unsophisticated Southerner who probably makes his living from the soil.
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Sonora Rebel
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Posted: Thu May 7th, 2009 04:28 pm |
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| 'Cracker' is used in the same context as the 'N' word. It's a racial slur... but nobody cares. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cracker
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old dog
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Posted: Thu May 7th, 2009 05:01 pm |
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| Actually, all my forebears were farmers, stockmen, lumbermen, coal miners, one riflemaker, etc. It occurs to me that they could be called crackers. If so, I'm proud to be a cracker.
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Task Force 16
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Posted: Thu May 7th, 2009 06:50 pm |
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The way I look at it, any time someone tries to use a "slur" against another person, they are only desplaying their own self- loathing. In order to attempt to make them feel better about themselves they ahve to belittle others. It's an insecurity issue in my book.
I've been called allot of things, but the one thing that makes me the madest, is to be called "late for supper".
Last edited on Sat May 9th, 2009 05:19 am by Task Force 16
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asbrand
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Posted: Sat May 9th, 2009 05:15 am |
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Yeah...I'll have to say...never have understood why that was supposed to be a "slur" against my skin colour.
*shrug*
Only been called that once, and I just laughed out loud and the one who uttered it muttered and walked off.
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