{edited by mod} my friends who are don't get offended by the words. i don't get upset when they call me a cracker. it's how we are, words are just words. if this is the worst thing you heard today, then it's a pretty good day. usually my day gets dimmed w/ stories of abuse of power, abuse of children, abuse of women, murder & needless death & sufferring. so i don't really see the point in getting upset over stupid words & jokes (sometimes REALLY funny jokes).
technically it's ethnicism since both groups are the same race i am. stereotypes are used because they ARE well known (they often have a grain of truth behind them).
and i have a tendancy to skip the spell check, please forgive me.