Originally Posted by MarshyTheKid
Why would you feel offended if someone said cracker to you? I know nobody that would be offended if any person called them that. Where did it come from? Cracker and any form of the n word cannot be compared really. I have been raised that the n word is a really bad word. I feel bad saying it in a quote or a song or anything of the sort.
Why can't anyone else call black people the n word, but everyone and their great auntie bertha can call white people cracker?
Actually I was just showing that non-blacks also toss around racial slurs affectionately. I agree that cracker and the n word can't really be compared simply because of the histories associated with each term.
As for where it came from, if you trust wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_cracker
And I don't believe everyone and their great auntie bertha can call white people cracker.