Right on, PaprikaGirl. Next time, get all Foxy Brown on the Man.

Yeah, I'm "the man" alright. An immigrant female "man". Don't be so presumptuous when dealing with people on the internet lest you play the fool.

Oh, wait. I guess this means calling a racist white person a "cracker" is not OK? Thanks, I'll add that my little PC not-to-do list.

I've been called "cracker" just walking to work minding my own business. That doesn't mean that the appropriate response would be for me to call the aggressor the n-word, and I wouldn't even think of doing so. Two racists don't make a right.

OH I love the tried and true response "Well I was called cracker just walking to work minding my own business" Here is the deal. That- didn't- happen- to- you! How many times I have heard white people use that one to represent an experience of racism they felt when living in a area they know where they are not well liked. Or because you moved up to Harlem or Fort Greene because it's now deemed "safer" to live in. IT ALWAYS the same story. I was walking to (insert location of destination) when I was called "cracker" just going to Whole Foods. WHOLE FOODS PEOPLE! Well I never. Well how about this, Once my bf (who is white) and myself are walking around Sheepshead Bay minding our own business and this asshat comes up and start asking my guy "Why he is kissing a n***er?". I told him to his own business before he gets shanked ( I usually carry a Balisong) he continued to call me a cracker lovin' ho. Oh wait... a fat cracker loving ho' and a race trader. I had to laugh. I understand what you are saying. They are horrible words, but honestly having someone tell me in my own city that they should be glad that I have a job because of affirmative action. Yeah makes me really want to love this country even more. Also if you are going to say you were a victim of racism it's all about the details. So you using the c-word defense is the tiniest violin playing for you right now. Seriously. I am glad that this idiot is fired. It's not called being overly sensitive, It's called being a fucking human being. Compassion. Now onto my Blistex.

Sweetheart, you are obviously a very angry person and I doubt that any of that has to do with me. I was walking in the Fordham section of the Bronx when this happened, so not exactly Fort Greene. I live in the Bronx (and have for many years, albeit in a different area; no, not Riverdale) and have never had another incident like this on my own, though my husband and I were once accosted by a crazy person because we're an interracial couple. I never asked you to feel sorry for me, so why the long rant (ca. six times the length of my post, BTW)? The point of the post is that two wrongs don't make a right (read it again, if necessary).

"having someone tell me in my own city that they should be glad that I have a job because of affirmative action."

Uh, what? I don't recall mentioning anything about affirmative action or your employment situation. You really lost me there.

For the record, I moved to "your city" from another country. You still want to continue stereotyping me now that you know I'm from a very different country and culture?

I too am glad this idiot got fired. If he was an employee of mine he would have been fired on the spot. Racist comments directed at ANYONE have no place in a civilized society.

I am curious as to who decided there should be a point system for who gets shit on more in society

What if this guy was saying it in the way I hear kids (of every race) say it on the subway every day? I'm white and from the south; not Texas, but Georgia. I hate that word, so hearing it come out of people's mouths, even in a "this is my nigga" friendly kind of way, still makes me cringe. I do, however, enjoy it in rap music because it rhymes well with others.

much obliged

The 'N-word'?!? Oh No. . . not the 'N-word'!!
Geez- are we living in Lewis Carroll's 19th century world of the absurd, here in 21st century America?! What a joke!

OK- So haw's this- in order to not be at all discriminatory. . .
how about initiating the 'W-word' for Italians;
and of course, the 'K-word' for Jews;
and what about the 'M-word' for the Irish. . .
and the there has to be the 'CS-Word' for homosexuals (both male AND female! ) !!

yeah not calling people cunts, faggots, kikes, wops, niggers, or micks is such a crazy standard for living in a civilized world

when will the world stand up for racists, WHEN

Get off the internet, Mr. Richards.

This is BS.

Yeah, you should be able to use any kind of language you want on the job, with no consequences whatsoever. Who cares what your co-workers think.

i use eco lips bee free organic lip balm.

Are you big-lipped?

Didn't a manager at the Roger Smith Hotel do something similar back on Halloween, dressing up in a KKK costume as "a joke?"

Sorry if I can't join in on the snarky fun, but this is not the kind of "trend" story anyone should consider funny. I mean, how stupid and repulsive do people have to be?

Note to unrepentant racist morons: this is 2010 NYC, not 1950 Alabama. Get over your ignorant selves -- no one's scared of you, we know you're probably hiding some dark meat in you, and God have mercy on your cracker ass should you shoot your mouth off in the wrong place.

"Cracker Ass???"

I've always used Chapstick. Never felt the need to change.

Are you big-lipped?