TikToker Calls Out Former Cracker Barrel Coworkers For Their Secret 'Code Word' For Black People

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A former hostess at Cracker Barrel alleged in a TikTok video that other servers used a code wordwhen referring to Black patrons at the restaurant.

Cracker Barrel is a Southern country-themed comfort food restaurant and store chain based in Tennessee with many of its locations found near Interstate Highway exits in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States.

The chain has long been accused of racism and has a shameful history of firing LGBTQ+ employees.

Kimmie, a.k.a. TikToker @cinnamnhoney, wrote in the caption:

"A waitress used to complain SO MUCH if i sat 'canadians' in her section & i was so confused bc i thought canadians were stereotyped as nice."
In the accompanying video, she revealed the word "Canadian" was code for Black people at the restaurant.

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The text overlay for the clip–which had been viewed over 235,000 times since it was posted on March 6–read:

“Me, a hostess at Cracker Barrel, wondering how every employee knew a table was full of Canadians even though they didn’t have a telling accent."


Other TikTokers shared their experiences suggesting there is inherent racism in the service industry in the U.S., especially at Cracker Barrel.

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Canadians huh?

 

[BlackMajik]

Eat at CRACKA ASS CRACKA Barrel brehs

 

[MischievousMonkey]

Restaurant name to racism correlation

 

[Detroit Wave]

Eat a CRACKA ASS CRACKA Barrel brehs

ate there once as a kid and the food was never been back

 

[keond]

Cracker Barrel is some trash, but the one close to me is all black. I prefer the local joints anyhow

 

[LezJepzin]

Call me shocked

 

[humminbird]

lmao and people really called me out on here for not going to this awful restaurant
yeah all restaurants can be called racist but a restaurant with the name cracker barrel whose name is directly related to slavery and has made no effort to change the name will never get my money
if you're black and go to cracker barrel you're lost
never set foot in there and never will

 

[Lord_nikon]

I'm in the south and I never liked or eaten at that place,,,, just look at it

 

[downtheline]

Cracker Barrel is nasty.

Just look at the core demographic. Place is set up like an old plantation house. Rocking chairs out front? And all that bullshyt they sell in the lobby?

It’s screams southern redneck . Once was enough for me. I would rather eat breakfast from 711

 

[Umoja]

Put your hand in a barrel of crackers, what will you find?

Crackers.

 

[BillyBamDontGiveADamn]

Only ate at cracker barrel when I went MEPS vc they paid for it...never been back

 

[Piff Perkins]

Been to Cracker Barrel once. We left after being at the table for 20 minutes without the waiter coming back to to take our orders or even ask about drinks.

 

[calixprynce]

caccer barrel is racist ?!



no shyt



but those commenters are saying they hear this at different restaurants they’ve worked at . Some of them said all the restaurants .
Y’all gone address that or stay on Cac barrel , some shyt we already knew?

I never worked as a server or none and didn’t know they got codenames for us …
no more tips,

 

[Harry Sax]

Last time I went to CACer barrel, I seen a basket of cotton in the store part

I had a pic of it I might of deleted it..avoided that place for years until one day I had an urge to get some..and it was nasty

 

[calixprynce]

I'm in the south and I never liked or eaten at that place,,,, just looked at it

that’s the first time I’ve seen the inside of that mf .

I can just sense it from that logo and the cacs that frequent . I know better than to step in a cacs den