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Not just 19th century

Use of the term dates back to the 18th century and continues to the present day. It isn't just about 19th century pioneers.70.126.47.211 (talk) 21:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

References

This article needs more references. You cannot simply write an article with four random citations and call it encyclopedic. --Jutland86 (talk) 00:07, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Why Anna Hicks?

I don't understand the link in "See Also" to Anna Hicks, a Boston politician. Why/how is she a Florida Cracker? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.47.231.2 (talk) 00:56, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Pejorative

I’m surprised that the Modern Usage section mentions only that “the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description” among “some Floridians.” If it’s only some, doesn’t that imply that there is another interpretation/usage? In fact, there’s another Wikipedia page for simply “cracker” which defines it primarily as “a racial epithet.” Neuroglider (talk) 15:22, 2 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Concur. I always knew this termas a racist stereotype, typically meaning 'poor white trash'. How did it transition from a term of pride to something low? -- GreenC 02:23, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably the same way other negative / racist / stereotyped terms have been embraced / claimed by people that those terms were applied to. (I expect there is a linguistics term for this, though I don't know it.) I have no doubt that there are indeed people who embrace "cracker" as a self-identity, and no doubt that it isn't my place to call them that. CAVincent (talk) 04:05, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The implication does not necessarily follow that there is another interpretation -- a much more direct interpretation (also a correct one) would be that only some Floridians use the term at all. Further, the assumption that "cracker" the slur, and "Florida cracker" the historical regional culture derived from the same source and subsequently diverged in connotation, is a misconception not supported by the history and etymology of either term. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 07:08, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clarity of Seven Years' War reference

Hello all, this is my first time contributing to the talk section of an article so forgive me if this would be better handled by a simple edit. I feel that the line in the introductory paragraph about the Seven Years' War is potentially misleading, as the phrasing of "the first crackers arrived in 1763 after Spain traded Florida to Great Britain following Britain's victory over France in the Seven Years' War" might imply that Spain was a neutral third party unrelated to a war solely between Britain and France. I would recommend removing the mention of France altogether, allowing the reader to intuit France's involvement in the war if they choose to follow the link. Brock1123 (talk) 14:30, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]