To: Dr. Franklin
Isn't it racist to call white folks "crackers"? No. The term is used in reference to Florida ranchers who use whip cracks to herd cattle. Has nothing to do with racism. Seminoles, Cubans, Spanish, blacks and whites all herded cattle.
78 posted on
08/12/2025 8:57:33 PM PDT by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
To: BerryDingle
No. The term is used in reference to Florida ranchers who use whip cracks to herd cattle. Has nothing to do with racism. Seminoles, Cubans, Spanish, blacks and whites all herded cattle.
So WP is wrong, and "cracker barrel" does not refer to barrels of soda crackers in old general stores?
Asking for a friend...
81 posted on
08/12/2025 9:34:15 PM PDT by
Dr. Franklin
("A republic, if you can keep it." )
To: BerryDingle
The cracker they refer to are from the old general store days. People would hang out by the cracker barrel usually full of saltines.
130 posted on
08/13/2025 3:29:07 PM PDT by
Fledermaus
("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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