sale. Popularized by the song " Zip Coon ", played at Minstrel shows in the 1830s. Coonass , or Coon-ass(U.S.) a person of Cajun ethnicity. Cracker (U.S.) poor Appalachian or poor Southerner, a white person, first used in the 19th century. Crow a black person, spec. a black woman. oyster-eyed (U.S.)