text: I hate the term cracker.  It makes no sense whatsoever and really displays the stupidity of the person using it.  This and the even worse term, "honky" are specific slurs that were, at one time, used against immigrants from certain countries but they were never in widespread use.\n\nFurther, there are no negative stereotypes to associate with the words, making them ridiculous.  The N word has a great many negative things associated with it.  It is an unfortunate fact that many of those stereotypes are embraced by many black people.  That's what gives the word its potency.  If someone calls you that and you know that many other black people have the qualities the word implies, the word has potency as an insult.\n\nBut for cracker and related terms, there are no negative associations.  The average white person is like, I'm not even sure what that means.  You might as well make up a word for all the meaning it has.  At least when the nation calls us white devils, we know what the hell they mean by that, even if it is ridiculous by nature of being obviously untrue.