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In a cracker of a development, researchers at the IIIT Hyderabad have come up with a prototype, e-cracker, which provides the sound sans pollution. The

Zimmerman murder trial could lose credibility all because of the words a witness said martin used to describe the man who shot him. >> creepy. [ expletive ] cracker. >> yes. >> it was racial but it was trayvon martin that put race in this? >> no. >> you dont think thats a racial comment? >> no. >> you dont think that creepy. [ expletive ] cracker is racial comment? >> no. >> is there a difference between witness rachel jenteel and paula deen. >> the difference is about 40 years. i think to expec...

Friend and they both were calling each other that term. i was like -- at first he was on the phone and i thought he was talking to his black friend. we met him and he was talking to his white friend. its not just black people using that word. >> i would be happy if no one used the word. i was saying that white 20 something should learn you can listen to the music and hear the words but it doesnt mean you have to repeat them because the truth is they can turn -- >> you cant sing along? >> why are...

First, lets take a look at how we got here. >> this classic saturday night life sketch ran unbleeped in 1975. >> jungle bunny. >> pecker wood. >> burr head. >> cracker. >> it probably wouldnt run today. why? have we lost our sense of humor. >> what was so profound about that sketch wasnt just that they got away with using the n word and a lot of other racial slurs but what that sketch demonstrated is certain slurs there are no trump cards for and the n word is one of them. >> all over words paul...

Of many people. and thats what shes laboring under in terms of how he she speaks as well as how she looks and conducts herself. >> the difference is, though, that the honey boo boos of the world will get a show. she wont. its highly unlikely or it would be a show that would make all of us cringe. its kind of like this. every now and then im walking around in new york and somebody will say, john, i love your work on cnn. and i have to think to myself, wait a minute, they think im don lemon. and w...

>> exactly. shes actually telling the truth. and as far as the cracker bit goes, i mean, shes dissimulating a little bit in saying that its not racial, but on the other hand think we all understand that theres a power issue here. his using that word "cracker" given that hes black and that theres a history and that the relationship between young black men and the police i think is the main thing keeping us from even beginning to get past race in this country is such that its completely different ...