If I'm walking down the street and some guy that I don't know calls me a "cracker", should I perceive it differently if that guy is white or if he's black?
Here's my hypothesis:
If I let a white guy call me a cracker, but I get angry if a black person says it, then that black guy isn't the racist. I am the racist for basing my reaction to the word on the race if the speaker. I would be a racist in this context, because I have treated someone differently SOLELY BECAUSE OF THIR RACE. Isn't that the definition of racism?
I can't speak for African Americans. I don't know what it's like to live their lives or walk in their shoes. But I question how a black person could justify the acceptability of the n word based upon the race of the speaker. To my way of thinking, this selective perception is in itself racism.
Your mileage may vary.
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