When did snolly write that? I didn't see that.
I do admit, and hope I don't offend anyone with this, that because most here are British I actually forget that people come here from other parts of Europe - even though it is called EADD.
I apologise to anyone I've ever offended whenever I've said anything - and should never have said anything. Snolly I'm sorry if I've made you feel uncomfortable.
Evey
I'm not personally offended at all Evey, just pointing out this kind of attitude seems to be getting more frequent and we've got all kind of ethnicities around here, apart from the Africans who get driven away after asking a question by the influx of Egyptian-themed puns that follow.
And yeah white trash and nigger don't offset each other at all. White trash as I said is more classist, whereas nigger has a nasty background that I don't think will be fully stomped out for a while. Cracka can't really be compared either, one posited original meaning is that it's from the crack of the whip of slave-masters, or refers to poor white folk who'd crack whips on cattle. Both perjorative but I'd argue nigger is worse. All racism is shit but the power and the way the word originated mean a lot.
I hate typing that word so much. It's true words change over time (look at gay), that you can reclaim words or make fun of yourself, but nigger (last time) is one of those that has such a strong history it really is a hateful word, regardless of intent almost. Like, if I said 'oh a bunch of niggers (I lied) moved in next door, they're really nice', I'm still being offensive. You don't get that with many other words.
Edit: I am slow at posting. What Allein said about reclaimed words; I've been in a pub where I was possibly one of like three white people, and the place was packed. A lot of the black dudes came back after and when they left I got the fist pump and 'later nigga' but would I fuck say the same back to them.