# In BBQ, why mod a hint at a racist joke but not an actual racial slur? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 26, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970 "2021-05-26T17:49:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 88
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970/88 "2021-05-27T17:09:12Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > ‘cracker’ is used jocularly and sometimes with pride, like ‘redneck’ Example of typical usage > [@Here we go again, Floridopers: Tracking Hurricane Frances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-we-go-again-floridopers-tracking-hurricane-frances/262414/56): > > I’m a Cracker now living in Chicago, but I went through a number of hurricanes growing up in Jacksonville. See also > [@Can white people call other white people crackers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-white-people-call-other-white-people-crackers/918752/33): > > I guess I’m the only one who has heard of white people calling themselves “crackers”? > > White folks who are native to Florida, specifically, tend to use this term in reference to themselves. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-bbq-why-mod-a-hint-at-a-racist-joke-but-not-an-actual-racial-slur/942970)._