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What do the Oklahoma rallyers (Original Post) mac56 Jun 2020 OP
orange is their favorite color mercuryblues Jun 2020 #1
Isn't "crackers" a racist term? I have heard it on South Park! jmg257 Jun 2020 #2
A term applied to white people by OTHER white people. mac56 Jun 2020 #4
Ah got it. jmg257 Jun 2020 #7
It is one of those words that is racist depending on who use it. Blue_true Jun 2020 #5
Thank you for info! Cheers! jmg257 Jun 2020 #6
In line for three days? PU. pwb Jun 2020 #3

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
5. It is one of those words that is racist depending on who use it.
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 03:59 PM
Jun 2020

Some Whites in the northern part of Florida refer to themselves as Florida Crackers. The origin of the term "Cracker" is in dispute. One claim has it originating from the physical process used to turn corn into grits meal. A second claim has it coming from cattle herders "cracking" their whips to drive herds around. Cattle ranching was the first big activity in parts of Florida after land was stolen from native people that had inhabited those areas for centuries. When I was in college, there was a popular syndicated state level columnist who wrote weekly for a column called "Cracker Florida" or something like that. His claim was that a Cracker could be either White or Black, since there were free or escaped Blacks among the first cattle herders.

Some Blacks use "Cracker" as a racial insult description toward Whites, for example "You can't trust those Crackers" is racist, since it is aimed solely at Whites.

pwb

(11,294 posts)
3. In line for three days? PU.
Sat Jun 20, 2020, 03:44 PM
Jun 2020

They probably don't notice its just the normal stank of the whole crowd..

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