why are they called crackers?? where did this come from? what does it mean?
2007-01-24 11:09:54 · 7 answers · asked by DJ DEE 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
Are you racist. White,Black,Hispanic we are created all equal. Whites are not called Crackers.
2007-01-24 11:15:29 · answer #1 · answered by A Journey 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
A common, though not well substantiated theory is that "cracker" comes from the sound of the whip used to drive cattle, or much more disturbingly, to punish a slave.
A.C. Kemp of slangcity.com suggests a more academically supported theory that "cracker" derives from the Southern practice of "cracking corn" to make moonshine whiskey. Kemp also points out that Shakespeare used the term "cracker" to describe an arrogant, boastful person--a description that may have been applied to the rugged pioneers of the Deep South.
2007-01-24 19:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by X-tina 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always assumed it was just because crackers (as in saltines) were white, but I've heard the whip explanation too.
Sometimes calling someone a "cracker" means more than just them being white. It might refer specifically to someone who's a white Southerner, kind of a redneck, maybe a little on the crazy side but not necessarily dumb.
2007-01-24 19:19:59 · answer #3 · answered by MikeTX 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats beacuse they whiped the slaves and the whip made a cracking niose(crackers)
2007-01-24 19:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by steveo200077 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are several ideas, but what i learned was that back in the day, the southern farmers would crack whips to the workers... Gernerally a racist term...
2007-01-24 19:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by jskier89 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I wanna live in the racism-free cave that Daniel R has been living in!
2007-01-24 19:18:01 · answer #6 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
who cares? call us what ever you want to , we can't call jessie jackson. We don't have an NAACP, or the rainbow colalition. So, call us what you want.
2007-01-24 19:18:36 · answer #7 · answered by mag 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋