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Originally Posted by Scumhook
I didn't know that.
As i am too stupid and drunk busy to google that, i'll take it as truth. I figured "cracka" came from some reference to crackers and how they're white and flakey. Like "casper", but more appropo.
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Originally it was more of a class-related comment than a race-related comment. There are references to it going back a few hundred years. It started out being used to describe lower class whites, people who do manual labor, but it was later used to describe the foremen who controlled the slaves on plantations. So, it has a history as a slur, but it's not remotely "racist."
The funniest thing I saw on this topic was this chiron on CNN:
Which one is worse? Oh, I don't know, maybe THE ONE YOU CAN'T EVEN FUCKING SPELL OUT!! And "the c-word" already means something else. That's how meaningless "cracker" is as a slur.
Yes, it's true we give words power. But they still *have* power.