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Ohio State linebacker complains that Florida players hurled racist slurs at him during their bowl game. →

Your Not What You Think of the day:

They’re black, he’s not, and he thinks “cracker” is like the worst thing anyone could call anyone, evs.

White guys have it really hard.

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   I usually just ignore this kind of thing, but are you fucking kidding me? I’m sorry, but this kind

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   why did i look at the comments yahoo comments are the worst

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   I’m being insensitive, I know. I just choked on my own breath. *cough*

10. violettesparks said: White privilege aside, racial slurs are slurs and are not acceptable, whatever race is the one using them against whatever other race. If some slurs are ok and others aren’t, then racism will never finally die off.
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    Oversimplifying things...that is why I stopped following MoJo on Tumblr. Be better.

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    So just because whites don’t have a history...being oppressed in this country it’s okay to...

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36. rollingwiththephatman said: If you even read the article you linked, the kid doesn’t say that white folk have it hard, but that Florida lacked class and used race as an insult. Chalk up another idiotic “only whites can be racist” post. I assume you’ll blame it on an intern.
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39. gaszookie said: I’m surprised that Mother Jones chose to minimize the racism here. Mild? Maybe. Inappropriate? Absolutely.
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42. meckz said: Boo on you minimizing racism.
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    Reposting for my friend here’s commentary.

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    While the word cracker used as an epithet is nowhere near the same level as nigger, spic, or gook just to name a few,...

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