cracker has the same meaning as redneck, so it can be derogatory but it’s not racist to say because white people are not oppressed, they are the oppressors. I think that the word comes from people who used loud whips to drive cattle or control enslaved people, like “cracking the whip” evolved into calling poor redneck white people “crackers...... 1 reply
Would you fade into oblivion if you researched its origins yourself? I could answer the question, but I not going to. The more important question is why are you bringing that bullshit here? 2 reply
i dont think it is. where i grew up everyone even white people called white people cracker as a term of endearment. also, i think for it to be racist then it needs to have a history of oppression and hatred behind the world, like the N word does. but it doesn’t. calling someone cracker is no where near the same level as calling someone any slur, ...... reply
No, the reason why other racial slurs hold so much weight is because of the generational oppression the victims faced, as to cracker comes from yts cracking the whips on slaves back. Cracker for that very reason can’t be a slur, due to it being a response towards a very vile oppressive action. reply
