I mean it’s been a slur for a few centuries, even though the exact meaning changed to mean what it does… also a few centuries ago at this point. 19th century IIRC (cracker = someone who cracks a whip = white person).
But also it’s pretty easy to tell from context that cracker here doesn’t mean “white people”. Similarly to how when you calculate a slope in math you don’t usually associate it with the slur.
I mean it’s been a slur for a few centuries, even though the exact meaning changed to mean what it does… also a few centuries ago at this point. 19th century IIRC (cracker = someone who cracks a whip = white person).
But also it’s pretty easy to tell from context that cracker here doesn’t mean “white people”. Similarly to how when you calculate a slope in math you don’t usually associate it with the slur.
Thought it referred to southerners so poor they had to eat cracked corn like livestock
IIRC the original meaning was about poverty and then it became about whip cracking, which meant white people in general
Yeah, context is very important, and also ability to see through propaganda and brainwashing.