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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on November 26th, 2007
A cracker is, as I understand it, a dry biscuit that is light brown on the outside and white on the inside. It was therefore meant to refer to poor whites who worked outside and got sun tanned (the brown outside) but were white inside. It contrasted with the rich whites who could keep covered up or indoors and were therefore white outside.
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