Originally Posted by Vergilius";p=&quot

I think a word like cracker cuts less deep with most whites. We weren't slaves afterall. Actually they call it "accepted racism". For example one can tell jokes about Polish people and it will be ok, but if one were to tell jokes about Jews it would be considered less acceptable, and if one were to tell jokes about blacks it is generally considered in totally bad taste. It isn't any better to tell jokes about whites, and to many it is just as offensive. Of course he can always say that his use of cracker is the same as black people calling each other n*gga...