Crackers (Re: Rock & Roll and Language)

[Steven Maas (CUTR)]

Robert King wrote:
> Uh, I don't know where the original writer was posting from, but here in
> Florida the word Cracker is generally considered a term of pride among the
> longtime white residents, not an insult. 

It's a lot like other ethnic terms--members of the group can say it but
outsiders better watch their step. 

> Our governor,
> who says cryptic things like "The old he-coon walks before the break of
> dawn" during campaign debates,

And "I don't have a dog in that fight."  Yeah ol' Walkin' Lawton's a
piecea work. Florida politics'll be a lot less colorful after '98. 

	Steve Maas