[Go Gordon]

Etymologically, she’s correct. “Cracker” started as a slur based on class, not race.

I thought the term cracker referred to white slaves owners in reference to them cracking a whip to makes slaves work harder or for punishment. Hence, the white slave owner was the "cracker" of the whip.

[Tax-chick]

The “slaveowner” version of the origin appears to be a recent accretion to a word that applied to noisy, uncultured, servant-class people, irrespective of race.