Trayvon Martin 's friend said he described Trayvon Martin 's as a `` creepy-ass cracker '' The term injected race into The Center for the Study of the American 's first -degree murder trial . `` Cracker '' has a murky history but generally describes poor whites . The debate over cracker may furthermore seem arcane to people who live north of the Mason-Dixon line , where cracker is seldom heard , and even when it makes an appearance , it is not freighted with decades of history . The African-American is widely considered an insult among white southerners .
Trayvon Martin 's friend said he described Trayvon Martin 's as a `` creepy-ass cracker '' The term injected race into The Center for the Study of the American 's first -degree murder trial . `` Cracker '' has a murky history but generally describes poor whites . The African-American is widely considered an insult among white southerners .