On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Warren Bailey <wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote: > Being caucasian myself, I am inherently aware of the terminology > "cracker". How a joke relating to catching crackers with "cheese" was > translated into a racial slur is completely beyond my comprehension.
Hi Warren, Were you not aware that in the U.S., every statement you could possibly make as well as no statement at all is racist, sexist or in some other way impugns anyone wishing to take offense? The retort, "That's racist!" is made tongue in cheek. Similar to Freud's phallic symbols, it's offered in response to the use of any word or phrase which has the slightest connection in any context to racism. Which is most of them. If I said, "The snow is falling, covering the dirty city in a layer of pristine white," it would be perfectly normal for someone to jokingly return, "That's racist!" By describing the *city* as *dirty* and then changed not just to *white* but *pristine* white I practically begged for it. When someone says something that actually is racist, we have a whole different vocabulary for expressing disgust. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
