I just got up from conversation with a couple of older black men, that I said “well I got to go back to work and start cracking the whip.” And it occurred to me then that it was probably a really insensitive stupid thing to say.

Sadly, it hadn’t occurred to me until it’s already said.

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    11 months ago

    Whip cracker is actually probably false etymology, like a retcon of the origin that is popular, but actually not true.

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        11 months ago

        No. It refers to the answer a man gives when asked about their bathroom experience.

        “Did you use your Cracker Barrel?”

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, after I posted that, I did some searches and found lots of possible origins. I just remember being told the whip crack thing by a black friend of mine.