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What does the term cracker mean to you?

What does the term cracker mean to you?

  • A Florida native

    Votes: 1 1.6%

  • A Georgia native

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • A pejorative term for a white person

    Votes: 37 58.7%

  • Something else

    Votes: 25 39.7%
  • Total voters
    63
Another form of division amongst Americans. Sadly it seems we must be divided so the government can reestablish parody. To me government simply needs to create opportunity that citizens can freely choose to use in bettering themselves. Sometimes that opportunity comes in the form of not meddling.
 
Van Basten said:
It's a racist slur for white people.
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I think it depends on the user. It can be racial, or it can be a class based slur for whites. In such cases, the equivelent towards blacks would be that person "X" is "ghetto".
 
theclown said:
It means a cookie in England...or a salty treat (sorta LIKE a cookie) here in America. I lived in the Deep South for over 30 years, and I never heard any PERSON called a "cracker".
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Its a North -South thing.
 
A delicious crispy snack.
 
X Factor said:
Goes well with soup and chili.
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with chili or my favorite chili con carne we use white bread that is toasted and then I shred/rip it up and mix it through the bowl/plate of chili con carne and then just eat with a spoon. The toasted bread soaks up the sauce and is awesome in it (or at least that is my opinion).
 
I had a black chief engineer on a torpedo retriever who called me "cracker" every morning. If he called me by my real name, I knew he was pissed.
 
Since I'm older I identify with Honky.
 
A computer wiz or someone who breaks into safes...
 
SDET said:
I first heard the term when I lived in Florida. It seems to have other meanings.
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It comes from the good old boys sitting around the country store and a cracker barrel was common in there, so was used to refer to them, had nothing to do with whipping. It morphed into a derogatory term for whites and is considered almost on par with the N would which also did not start out associated with blacks.
 
Cryptic said:
I think it depends on the user. It can be racial, or it can be a class based slur for whites. In such cases, the equivelent towards blacks would be that person "X" is "ghetto".
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Fair point, though I've only seen it be used in a racist fashion.
 
SDET said:
I first heard the term when I lived in Florida. It seems to have other meanings.
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A delicious carbohydrate-laden instrument to put smoked cheese and smoked meats into my mouth.

Also a term that sometimes white people pretend to get upset over, generally to cover their own white privilege.
 
great with cheese and the right kind of mustard.
 
Heres a twist. Would 'white' be a separate racial category? My ancestry an mixed heritage has me darker than most white people and during the summer months where there is plenty of fishing and golfing involved darker than some 'black' people. Also...since Im sixth generation American, 'Native' comes into play Im pretty sure.

White is a silly racial descriptor.
 
When coupled with Brie the term cracker means yum...
 
 
Caine said:
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Is an asscracker different than a regular cracker?

And Im pretty sure 'cracka' is considered a positive nickname whereas 'cracker' is considered very offensive to some. Except in formal circles where "greetings, my excellent cracker" is considered quite posh.

The liberals have ruined it with that whole "Saltine American" bull****.
 
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Isn't Obama half a cracker? I know he is a full nut...
 
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