“Its OK for Jackson to call us racial slurs (which I am sure she has), but not for Paula???”
The problem is there is no epithet that blacks or hispanics
can use that really offends whites. I’m no more bothered by
their use of honky, cracker or what ever than they are of
calling each other the “n” word. They can call me what they
like I don’t care and that really ticks them off.
I guess you could look to Darwin for the answer to that.
Indeed, call me a cracker and you’ll hear.. “hell, yeah” We cracked whips over our cattle on our farm, you bet, and over our ox teams as we drove West.
Call me a “redneck” and you’ll hear “hell, yeah” were were there with our recognition red bandanas around our necks, for the Battle of Blair Mountain, when a crooked sheriff and his allies the coal operators in Logan,WV went to full war with WWI veterans (white and black) over whether they could be unionized for mine safety and decent depression wages. In which also the US Army surveilled civilians from the air under Presidential order, and private planes bombed them with WWI hardware. It happened. And rednecks can take a joke but not a whole lot of federal S$I#.
People who know they are better, aren’t bothered by stupid words. Professional victims seeking a reward, are.