Friday, December 30, 2011
Crackers, "Bamas", And Peckerwoods
The above painting is by John James Audubon of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon
Crackers are from Georgia and Florida but there is more to it than that. Much more. See the link below for the origins of the word and many more meanings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_cracker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_cracker
"Bamas" are what blacks in Washington, D.C. call other blacks who have just moved up to D.C. from down South.
Peckerwood is another slang term for poor whites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckerwood
And here is something about the Ivory Billed Woodpecker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory-billed_Woodpecker