Several days ago, I posted what the term Georgia Cracker meant to me and Georgians (I was born here and my family goes back before the Civil War).
Georgians today, especially in the Metro area are probably only one generation deep. Most don't have an idea of the Georgia Crackers (I was inducted in the old Sears building in 68 across from where their stadium USED to be) so in my book the Georgia Cracker argument is specious and became so when the ball park was torn down.
I have Six Decades plus on this earth, too, and in Georgia when not serving my country. To me, my family and friends it IS a pejorative and racist, especially when coming from someone who is black, just like 'honky' and 'white motherf@cker' (you pick what blacks' latest endearing term is).
And, as far as Wiki goes, it is what it is - a compendium of beliefs, positions and ideologies often perverted by persistent influence, especially when concerning subjective 'thoughts' and not pure hard fact. So I call Shenanigans on use of wiki for that.
Lastly, it is not up to someone, anyone other than myself to determine, or lessen what I perceive to be a derogatory and racist pejorative.
I absolutely agree that you have the right to determine your own list of pejorative words. For me, though, cracker is only recently pejorative...to some...and I actually laugh at “honky”. Never heard a dumber attempt at a pejorative anyplace.