Cracker (n) (crac·ka)
On larger, corporate like plantations there were separate "crackers" in addition to the "master". This individual wasn't the "master", he was a "cracker", as in another white man beneath the white "master", doing the grunt work, as in "white trash" or "bitch" or "assistant manager". The cracker did all the legwork of the "master", whose hands never got dirty while making a profit.
Also, on smaller plantations/farms, the "master" and the "cracker" were one in the same, making the word interchangeable in those settings. The "master/cracker" was deadly and not to be trusted, yet at the same time gullible and stupid.
The term was a subversive insult used by slaves among slaves, which whites were ignorant to, and still in use today. Ask any white person what "cracker" means and they will say something incredibly retarded about how their skin matches crackers, as in cheese&crackers.
On larger, corporate like plantations there were separate "crackers" in addition to the "master". This individual wasn't the "master", he was a "cracker", as in another white man beneath the white "master", doing the grunt work, as in "white trash" or "bitch" or "assistant manager". The cracker did all the legwork of the "master", whose hands never got dirty while making a profit.
Also, on smaller plantations/farms, the "master" and the "cracker" were one in the same, making the word interchangeable in those settings. The "master/cracker" was deadly and not to be trusted, yet at the same time gullible and stupid.
The term was a subversive insult used by slaves among slaves, which whites were ignorant to, and still in use today. Ask any white person what "cracker" means and they will say something incredibly retarded about how their skin matches crackers, as in cheese&crackers.
by Andi1 April 27, 2007