What is TW's definition of racism?

[Blueblaze]

I'm wondering, what defines racism, and what defines a warning/ban/infraction based on the forum rule, 12. Racism is forbidden.

I'm not trying to stir racial controversy with 'this' point, and I'm not being racist, so this is a legitimate question, what exactly is racism for TW/forums?

[Nockm]

I asked this 4 years ago - it doesn't exist. The anti-racism rule is a subjective one based upon precedents and whatever the mod feels like at the time.

Thing is, racism is such a wide subject that I doubt a hard set of rules could be devised to cover all bases. You'll always get inconsistency but that's ok because without something to bitch at most people here would be lost.

[Jones]

somehow someone was being racist to me and i just managed to whine or laugh at his ass

but with any relevance to the thread... my points are derogatory terms on ones country/race and the overpopular overused word used for black people.

[Dameon Angell]

Pretty much any thing you say that is in aggression toward someone via their race or religion. It's including, but not exclusive to "j*w" "n**ger" "cracker", and etc*. Mainly based on context of conversation.

[Scurvy]

lawl just like a cracka to ask a questin like that

[Blueblaze]

Pretty much any thing you say that is in aggression toward someone via their race or religion. It's including, but not exclusive to "j*w" "n**ger" "cracker", and etc*. Mainly based on context of conversation.

So why is it apparently illegal to spell out the n-word and j-word but not the c-word?

[Troll King]

Because "cracker" is the same spelling of other, more common and non-racial words. That should be fairly obvious.

[Dameon Angell]

I know cracker is a normal word in the English language for a food product, therefore, it is not a word which is blocked by the Forums' built-in obscenity filter. The N and J words, however, are blocked, so if I were to type them out, you would see 6 and 3 stars, in a row, respectively.

Don't ask me why the rules are as such, cause I never made them, all I know is what they are. If it were up to me, I would make it ?obscene block optional. So, it's really just in your best interest to leave race out of your insults and you should be 100% fine.

[Pummel]

Cracker is a word created from the old word 'whip cracker', the white person who cracked the whip on the black slaves. I don't understand how that's supposed to be an insult to a white person. Perhaps it implies they are an asshole? If that's what it's meant to symbolize, it doesn't really get its point across.

[Scurvy]

most white people i know ARE assholes though.
then again, most black people are too.

everybody's an asshole, so why can't we just have one universal deragatory term?

"jigacker"

[Dack Falu]

I fail to see how "jew" is a racist statement, yet people start crying foul when someone says it in public.

Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים, Yehudim; Yiddish: ייִדן, Yidn) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people.

LOOK AT THE RACISMS

[Troll King]

The problem was that the word "Jew" was used in anti-semetic ways more often than not. The word itself isn't a problem, it's the context it's being used in that has caused problems. It's a shame, really.

[Dameon Angell]

Like I said before, and TK just said, "Context" is key.

Acceptable: Did you know that the Jews don't celebrate Christmas?
Unacceptable: The damn jew shark TKed my team

Acceptable: Yeah, my friend's a jew and I went with him to temple.
Unacceptable: Jew ass warbirds tanking shots!!

With the N word, I don't care who you're saying it to, what country of origin you are from, or what colour your skin is. There is no proper context for it. I agree with Jesse Jackson in that the N word shouldn't be used so flagrantly in the media.

And cracker examples.

Acceptable: These Keebler crackers are delicious.
Unacceptable: Dumb cracker keeping the man down.

Acceptable: I put cheese on my Ritz cracker.
Unacceptable: This cracker thinks he's good cause he spawned a levi in a cloaker.

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It's really sad that I have to spell out this GED level information to you guys.

[Vykromond]

GET OUR EXPERTS TO TW FORUM, STAT

RACISM DISCUSSION UP INS

heave ho

heave ho

heave ho

[Blueblaze]

Like I said before, and TK just said, "Context" is key.

Acceptable: Did you know that the Jews don't celebrate Christmas?
Unacceptable: The damn jew shark TKed my team

Acceptable: Yeah, my friend's a jew and I went with him to temple.
Unacceptable: Jew ass warbirds tanking shots!!

With the N word, I don't care who you're saying it to, what country of origin you are from, or what colour your skin is. There is no proper context for it. I agree with Jesse Jackson in that the N word shouldn't be used so flagrantly in the media.

And cracker examples.

Acceptable: These Keebler crackers are delicious.
Unacceptable: Dumb cracker keeping the man down.

Acceptable: I put cheese on my Ritz cracker.
Unacceptable: This cracker thinks he's good cause he spawned a levi in a cloaker.

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It's really sad that I have to spell out this GED level information to you guys.

Well, that was the obvious answer, but what about terms such as negro, or even racial profiling a certain ethnic groups?