are we thin, crispy and bland?
2006-08-12 04:53:19 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Being from Georgia I learned this one at a very young age...
Cracker comes from the sound or "crack" of the whip that white slave masters used on their slaves. The name "cracker" was used by the slaves to refer to their master in a derogatory fashion with the masters not usually catching on. After abolition the term remained in use as a derogatory term used to describe caucasians in the south. We also find that the "N" word in which Rodney King was paid $1,000,000 per letter used as a derogatory term for African-Americans actually was a term used by wealthy educated white Americans to describe the lesser educated, lower income class of white people in society. The term came to its current fruition in the latter part of the 1860s and early 1870s (post Civil War) when racism in the southern states began to take hold and poorer whites wanted a term to describe someone they thought was below them. Therefore they used the "N" word almost in a rebellious fashion as they had been called that word most of their lives.
2006-08-15 18:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by usxinfinity 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cracker came, some think, from the cracking of the whip in the old slave days. The foreman usually was a poor white. Hence, cracker came to refer to the poor whites. This term I believe came from Georgia.
Another possibility is that cracker has nothing to do with the English language, and comes from a word in Fula or Gullah.
2006-08-18 01:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are a super model, you can be thin crispy and bland.
Cracker refers to the crack of the slave masters whip. The slave trade was also carried on by rich Africans of the same skin color. Slavery was a money making venture along with racism.
2006-08-12 05:12:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cracker refers to an old term used to describe cowboys in teh south east. A cracker was a person who was rounding up stray cows that had been let roam free. The Cracker was the sound of the whip.
2006-08-12 05:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by poof10958 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 23:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
White people in the 19th century south that lived so far out in the country, in less than optimum soil, that the only thing they could grow was corn and they would be called Corn Crackers.
2006-08-12 05:10:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If something is a "cracker", to me that means it's good. Same as "Corker"
Never heard it used in any other form apart from,
Christmas Cracker,
Cheese Cracker,
Fire Cracker.
2006-08-12 05:01:02 · answer #7 · answered by David T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I remember of my 8th grade english class, cracker just refers to a white person.
2006-08-16 17:53:56 · answer #8 · answered by Lizze Mai 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word ' cracker' in England UK would mean:
She's a cracker = she's gorgeous, beautiful, lovely
Crackers = dry biscuit (usually had with cheese)
He's crackers = mad, silly, funny
England UK
2006-08-17 12:01:26 · answer #9 · answered by Curious39 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi!
sorry but i have never heard the term"cracker" before
There are CRACKERS as in good looking people. but i think that is only in scotland. so sorry that i could not help! lol! oh well. i shall see if i can answer your next question. thankyou and goodnight!
JaSyBoI
2006-08-12 05:06:16 · answer #10 · answered by jasyboi 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋