I'm not white but I love the hell out of Country music. I've heard red neck in numerous songs. Is calling a white person a red neck reserved for only other white folks? Kind of like how black folks seem to reserve the term "******" for their own use of other black folks? Anyone like Redneck Yaght Club?
2006-08-19 14:48:00 · 17 answers · asked by Speaking_Up 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
hey hun....im 100% country girl and proud of it! ;)....it all depends on how much some one really knows about us rednecks....if you have never been around us and only hear our long southern drawl and not the words we are speakin' then yeah many people do think that were just a bunch of dumb hillbilly's...we can't help them judging us on our sound alone...but if ya take the time to really talk to us then you would know that were like a lot of other people...we work hard and have a strong since of family and honesty...have you ever herd the term good ole boys? or southern hospitality...southern charm even?...im glad ta be one ta tote those comments myself and i guess if you really think about it the term can define the rich man and the poor man....see tha way i have herd it is.... tha white color man gets his money the easy way....settin' back and lickin' boots....but the blue collar man (rednecks as some people call us) work hard and honestly and still barley get by....hope this helped ya.....oh and yes i love that song by Craig Morgan!....love daisy
2006-08-19 15:33:21 · answer #1 · answered by crazy_daisy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a Northerner an round here we usually use the term Hick. Redneck is more extreme. Back to your question, I'm not sure. Many people do not take offense to it. It can not even compare to the N word. I love country too and I have no problem saying redneck. I think it refers to someone who works hard and is down with their roots. Some people think redneck equals racist. I do not think this is so. I know many a person who define them self as rednecks and are very tolerant people. I do think, like the N word, people may take it differently coming from a white than they do a other races or ethnicity's. And yes....LOVE Redneck Yacht Club! Hey....fellow country lovers...answer my question on Joe Nichols!
2006-08-19 22:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by deano_vt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think most rednecks are proud of the term. It actually started out derogatory as a slang for a person who spent their life stooped over in a field and getting the back of their neck badly sunburned. It is now used to describe any person who displays a lack of education or a stubborn attitude to change from what has worked for years and a blind acceptance of authority. I've probably now offended someone.
2006-08-19 21:56:00 · answer #3 · answered by St N 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me a redneck is a racist white person! Almost like a skin head or a member of the Klu Klux Klan! They are also known as corny and freaks! It;s not derrogatory! THE "N' WORD IS DERROGATORY AND EVIL! I'M BLACK AND I DON'T EVEN SAY IT! If anyone on here is a racist....may you suffer.....!
2006-08-19 22:27:57 · answer #4 · answered by YellowBone06 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Anyone can call a redneck exactly that. And anyone can call a ni*ger that also and not be a racist. These are words that describe a certain socio-economic level of each group. Mainly, poor, little or no education, probably genetically stupid, lazy, dirty,and so on. Even if some things are now politically incorrect we all know what a redneck or a ni*ger looks like and how they act. Ignoring reality does not make it go away.
2006-08-19 21:58:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
yes redneck is generally a negative term. it has been claimed by a lot of country folk as a thing to be proud of just as blacks turned the n-word, and gays say *****.
2006-08-20 03:08:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-19 21:53:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dr M 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally, I've always like Foxworthy's definition.
A glorious absence of sophistication.
2006-08-20 08:13:23 · answer #8 · answered by guhralfromhell 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it's 2006 not 1940, this is the generation where we practice our american right, freedom of speech.
2006-08-19 22:20:35 · answer #9 · answered by Jo-Anne C 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not racist. Considering a "redneck" is not a race. It's just prejudiced.
2006-08-20 00:07:02 · answer #10 · answered by Wanker 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋