• Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    This might be an odd question. Maybe I don’t understand cause I’m not American. But using the word cracker for oneself almost seems like you embrace your (possible) slaver ancestry. Isn’t that a bit offensive?

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      14 days ago

      Saltines are bright white in color. Also basic and bland. Dry. Cracker

      That has been my take, as a Northern white dude, at least. Possibly wrong, as always.

      I think I would feel more offended if someone called me a ‘honky’ as I am not a fan of basic ass cookie cutter Honky Tonk country music, and I’d be insulted at such an insinuation.

    • sit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 days ago

      As far as I know cracker is simply an insult. It does not include slave holder status.

      This is a funny little meme.

      (The nword does not have to include the slave association either. When I grew up there were no slaves, and I learned it simply as an insult for brown people, no association with slaves)

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      14 days ago

      I think it’s a way for white Americans to distance themselves from the cognitive dissonance of being a settler by adopting an “embrace, extend, extinguish” strategy towards any term or cultural signifier that was made cool by Black people