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Not originally, but some people started using a perfectly normal word as a slur.
It happens a lot. The word bitch was also a completely normal word for a female dog.
Probably many examples if anyone cares enough to find them.
That was more serious of a reply than I was expecting
Hehe. :) Well its interesting to think about language. And how words are connected with certain emotions.
I mean it's been a slur for a few centuries, even though the exact meaning changed to mean what it does... also a few centuries ago at this point. 19th century IIRC (cracker = someone who cracks a whip = white person).
But also it's pretty easy to tell from context that cracker here doesn't mean "white people". Similarly to how when you calculate a slope in math you don't usually associate it with the slur.
Yeah, context is very important, and also ability to see through propaganda and brainwashing.