Is cracker considered a racist word?

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I'm not sure because it is rarely, if ever used it Australia

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We eat crackers in australia

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[sd3035]

There are no good racist words for white people, I feel worse for the person who says them than for myself when I hear them

What can you really say about white people though? good looking? successful? intelligent? How can you make those into insults?

[4 Inches]

My house is strictly a cracker-free zone.

[gigantes]

shouldn't it be said like "crekkas, mayt?"

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shouldn't it be said like "crekkas, mayt?"
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[NumberSix]

"Cracker" means whip-cracker. It's not inherently racial.

[HitandRun Reggie]

Any word with the wrong intent and/or body language behind it can be offensive, but there are generally no racial slurs that white people find very offensive, since we don't harbor the insecurities many others do.

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I don't like how other countries can be labelled racist for using words or themes that have no inherent racism in that country.

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Any word with the wrong intent and/or body language behind it can be offensive, but there are generally no racial slurs that white people find very offensive, since we don't harbor the insecurities many others do.
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There's plenty of racial slurs for different white groups. Maybe not all white people in one big group but I'm sure there's plenty of white immigrants like the polish, irish, italians, germans, russians etc who have plenty of racial slurs people have used against them. My grandpa was hugely offended when the term "wog" was being thrown around as a comic term here in Australia, when he first came here if someone called him that it'd end in a fight.

[CNNonceAgain]

I don't like how other countries can be labelled racist for using words or themes that have no inherent racism in that country.
Kind of like when aboriginal's get upset at "the n word."

[JEFFERSON MONEY]

they usually attack for whatever european the guy is

[Bless Mathews]

Crackers gonna crack.

[Lakers Legend#32]

If it's aimed at white people, no it is not racist.

[Coach Eddie]

"Cracker" means whip-cracker. It's not inherently racial.

The slang term of it certainly has racist meaning, but it actually is worse for black people if you think about it. Black people might as well call white people "massah" because both terms indicate that the white person is the one in control.