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Of course it doesn't refer to race, how the hell could it? It's purely a cultural thing.
You just said that in another post that aren't all racists. Now, you say that entire culture promotes racism.
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Yep thats what i took from your post. Then I also posted the same and aggreed with you. Then you thanked me for my post. It seemed pretty clear to me but as I myself type fast, leave words out and spell bad bacause of speed, sometimes things do get lost on here.
If redneck does mean race then what is the "redneck" race? White people? If this is true, then wouldn't all white people be rednecks? If it's a racial term what is the difference between a redneck white person and a non-redneck white person?
Well I was responding to adpst, but his sentences didn't make sense to me and I tried to interpret them as best as I could. But yeah, it looked like he forgot to type a few words.
There seems to be some confusion about this word. I tend to use it to refer to a culture, where others seem to want to use it to refer to a race.
It doesn't matter which it refers to.
It's, usually, used as a pejorative to describe people of The South and people not born/living in metropolitan areas.
Either way whenever it is used like that, you're sure to find a bigot using it.
Oh I agree, its not a nice word. However, this thread is related to a side thread about whether the word was racist.
Not all whites are rednecks. Some whites are rednecks. It's a colloquialism coined to describe blue collar, low-income whites.
You want to see a lot of rednecks in one place, a NASCAR race is a great place to start.*
*I'm a fan, so don't get your panties in a wad. But, if you go to a race, you will see more redneckery than you ever knew existed in this country.
I actually don't have a problem with people calling others pejorative names, it makes it easier to spot people to don't want to associate with.
With that said, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
If it's all fine and dandy to make remarks about some white people, it should be the same for all people of any color.
I agree.
Its okay for all or not okay for anyone.
That is the true meaning of racial equality.
Exactly, it seems perfectly acceptable to a lot of people to talk down about Southerners/rural people and they do it so openly.
Why not everyone else?
The way I understand it is that in New England states, it's pretty common for people of Southern Heritage to be discriminated against.
There seems to be some confusion about this word. I tend to use it to refer to a culture, where others seem to want to use it to refer to a race.
Cultural.
It was a term that Southern whites invented to refer to other whites of lower social classes (ie, those who worked in the fields and got sunburns on the backs of their necks) and it was already in use before the Civil War, although I don't know the exact year it came into popular usage.
The ignorant wretches who can't hold down a job and whose highest ambition is a twelve-pack on Saturday night, we refer to as white trash.
The term redneck isn't a racial slur. It's a cultural reference. It's a term some people even use as a badge of pride. I live in Georgia, and I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone call someone a redneck, and have them reply "Damn straight!"