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Some people think so and #CrackerBarrel is currently trending on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/search?q="Cracker Barrel"&src=trend_click&vertical=trends
Do you think the name is a problem?
https://twitter.com/search?q="Cracker Barrel"&src=trend_click&vertical=trends
Do you think the name is a problem?
Snopes however has already labeled this claim Mostly Falsehttps://outsider.com/news/trending/cracker-barrel-trends-twitter-controversy-sparks-over-restaurant-name/
Cracker Barrel Trends on Twitter, Controversy Sparks Over Restaurant Name
Cracker Barrel is trending on Twitter because people are claiming that the origins of the name are racist. Are the claims true?
A photo is currently trending on Twitter. The photo is of a Cracker Barrel restaurant logo. The caption of the photo reads, “Cracker was a slang term for whip. That’s why blacks called whites crackers, from the crack of the whip. A Cracker Barrel is a barrel that held the whips for sale at the country store. You see the whip going from the R to the K? Racism in your face!”
Along with the photo, the tweet reads, “Did y’all know this?”
As of now, the post has been retweeted over 10,000 times and that number rises every few minutes. Additionally, more than 5,000 people have commented.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cracker-barrel-whips/
Claim
The phrase "cracker barrel" — as in the name of the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain — refers to a barrel that was used to hold whips for sale in country stores.
Rating
Mostly False
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What's True
The origins of the pejorative term "cracker" can be traced in part back to the shortening of the term "whip-cracker."
What's False
However, the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain takes its name from the literal barrel of crackers — not whips — that were prevalent at storefronts in the late 1800s.