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Originally posted by SweetPbfAli View PostIt's not as a derogatory as some would like to think. It was the name of the slave overseer. They called him cracker because of the sound the whip made when he used it to whip the backs of the slaves in the fields.
I wish people would stop using it as some sort of slur.
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Originally posted by g27region View PostSo he says that Lomachenko's ancestors were slave owners in America? Hahahahaha
Either way, Loma is incredible irregardless of skin color.
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Originally posted by daggum View Postso its kind of a compliment in a sense. saying you own everyone else and you are the boss
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Originally posted by SweetPbfAli View PostThe thing is that the overseers didn't own anything. They were basically police before police. A buffer between the wealthy whites and the slave class. They gave the overseer's power in order to give them someone to look down upon and have authority over while ignoring their own shortcomings on socio-economic level.
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