I’m embarrassed to say it was only a couple years ago when some white people got national attention for getting bent out of shape about being called “cracker” that I learned it doesn’t mean like, “bland and pale like a Saltine,” but is a reference to enslavers and their whips. I’d always thought it was kinda cute, like “Mayo-American.”
So I used to give a kind of “Yeah… you got me…” chuckle when called that, but now it just makes me sad and throws me into a bit of an existential crisis on behalf of my ancestors.
There is a charming Lemmy user who likes to call people “hags” after mining their comments to learn if they are of the lady persuasion. I do not yet, but plan to some day identify as a “swamp hag” so it feels preemptive, but a bit exciting.
Not laughing at you being called a cracker but laughing because swamp hag made me think of Poison Ivy from the DC comics. And until this post did I even think cracker was related to slavery. I always thought its because I am white and look like a Saltine. Thank you for the education …no sarcasm
At least in certain circles, “hag” has been claimed by older women in a joking fashion. Still, for someone to go digging into comment history just to be able to use that is kinda mental.
I’d forgotten about r/oldhagfashion from the other place. I do miss it. I don’t think my hag fashion is on point enough yet to start it myself though. Someday.
I’m embarrassed to say it was only a couple years ago when some white people got national attention for getting bent out of shape about being called “cracker” that I learned it doesn’t mean like, “bland and pale like a Saltine,” but is a reference to enslavers and their whips. I’d always thought it was kinda cute, like “Mayo-American.”
So I used to give a kind of “Yeah… you got me…” chuckle when called that, but now it just makes me sad and throws me into a bit of an existential crisis on behalf of my ancestors.
There is a charming Lemmy user who likes to call people “hags” after mining their comments to learn if they are of the lady persuasion. I do not yet, but plan to some day identify as a “swamp hag” so it feels preemptive, but a bit exciting.
Not laughing at you being called a cracker but laughing because swamp hag made me think of Poison Ivy from the DC comics. And until this post did I even think cracker was related to slavery. I always thought its because I am white and look like a Saltine. Thank you for the education …no sarcasm
At least in certain circles, “hag” has been claimed by older women in a joking fashion. Still, for someone to go digging into comment history just to be able to use that is kinda mental.
I’d forgotten about r/oldhagfashion from the other place. I do miss it. I don’t think my hag fashion is on point enough yet to start it myself though. Someday.