Raptizm

Chapter 2

Some words need explanation when
they are transformed into "Raptizm."
In Chapter 2, we come across the
word "cracka" or "cracker."
This word was used to describe
white settlers and, more partic-
ularly, the slavemasters and
plantation owners in the South.
As a reflection of the manner
in which the masters cracked
their whips to exert power
over their slaves, the name
"cracker" became the label
applied to the misuse of one
man's power over another.

In the past, it was the masters
over the slaves; today, it's
the police over the civilians.
It has the same meaning in the
sense that many police officers
misuse their power over every-
day citizens. So, due to this
current circumstance, the name
"cracker" or "cracka" has come
to signify "police."

If you have heard these
expressions used in this regard,
you have already in effect heard
one element of Raptizm.

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