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Cracker (term)
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Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial epithet directed towards white people, used especially with regard to poor rural whites in the Southern United States. Although commonly a pejorative, it is also used in a neutral context, particularly in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia.
"A pair of Georgia crackers" as depicted by illustrator James Wells Champney in the memoir The Great South by Edward King, 1873
"A pair of Georgia crackers" as depicted by illustrator James Wells Champney in the memoir The Great South by Edward King, 1873
A "cracker cowboy" with his Florida Cracker Horse and dog by Frederic Remington, 1895
A "cracker cowboy" with his Florida Cracker Horse and dog by Frederic Remington, 1895
Poor White
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Poor White is a sociocultural classification used to describe economically disadvantaged Whites in the English-speaking world, especially White Americans with low incomes.
Portrayals of Poor Whites in U.S. state of Georgia, as illustrated by E. W. Kemble, circa 1891
Portrayals of Poor Whites in U.S. state of Georgia, as illustrated by E. W. Kemble, circa 1891
North Carolina Emigrants: Poor White Folks, by James Henry Beard, 1845, Cincinnati Art Museum
North Carolina Emigrants: Poor White Folks, by James Henry Beard, 1845, Cincinnati Art Museum
Elvis Presley, an icon of 20th century America, was born into a Poor White family in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Elvis Presley, an icon of 20th century America, was born into a Poor White family in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Poor White sharecroppers in Alabama, 1936
Poor White sharecroppers in Alabama, 1936