"C-Word" = cracker (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I've been called a cracker myself, and wasn't surprised to see the word
in print.  I didn't particularly find that to be novel.  The reason I
posted was the use of "C-word" as a euphemism.  First, I wouldn't think
"cracker" needs a euphemism -- it doesn't seem all that offensive to me
-- and second, to my mind, "C-word" refers to "cunt" (which would
require a euphemism in polite speech.  Not that we _aren't_ polite here,
but ...)

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> It's the usual one among non-white young people in NYC, or was when I
was
> teaching high school at the end of the 1990s at least. Interestingly,
they
> were completely unaware of honkey.
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> On Jan 4, 2012, at 22:29, "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC"
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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Buckeye-line
> > backer-calls-foul-on-race-baiting-Ga?urn=ncaaf-wp12427
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> > "I'm sure there was a slew of unsavory things said on that football
> > field, but who knew the "C-word" was still a racial slur that anyone
> > used?"
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