Is Red Neck racist?

Question

I'm a black woman, and I just answered a question about black people calling each other the "n" word. Well my boyfriend is white, and I watch PBR (professional bull riding) just to annoy him. It's a sickness...I just saw that they named a PBR bull Red Neck.

Since some white people think that it should be okay for them to use the "n" word because black people use it, do these same people now believe that it is permissible for black people to call white people redne_k because white people named a bull the same name?

Answer 1

Hi Kitten, I saw you answered that one other kids question. I'm white or caucasion or whatever you call it. I'm from a redneck county and a Starke Co Hickerbilly. I don't mind. To be honest with ya, I'm proud of it. Here's 100 reasons why.....

People Like Me:

1. don't mind yard sale clothing if it's still in good shape, and if we are good at sewing (i'm not) we can fix the stuff that isn't.
2. don't throw our cans and bottles out, that's .10 cents a pop! it adds up!
3. Might not live in fabulous homes, but ours are cleaner than most.
4. don't have credit cards. We know what we can and can't afford.
5. don't mind second hand expensive purses.
6. don't own large wardrobes, and most often, don't keep up with fashion trends.
7. live on dirt roads, so we dust alot.
8. don't judge other people, we have been there...
9. laugh at "roseanne", she has nicer furniture than we do.
10. don't have matching washers and dryers, if they work, they're golden.
11. will nurse a vehicle for ten years. we don't consider them status symbols. We consider them transportation.
12. don't take our vehicles to the shop. We all have a backyard gear head for a friend who's ten times better and a hell of a lot cheaper. (twelve pack and some smokes and cost of parts ought to do it.)
13. don't read the wall street journal.
14. don't hang in cliche's. We'd miss out on the rest of the world if our noses were up that high.
15. still own concert t-shirts, and wear them when we can.
16. have levi's that we have owned for ten years or more.
17. Know what "carhart" means
18. Don 't go out to dinner "with friends" on a regular basis. What we would spend in one night would feed us for a week.
19. buy alot of **** at the dollar store, and we know which dollar stores are worth a damn, and which carry junk.
20. refuse to put Christmas on a credit card, we'd still be paying for it next year.
21. care about our dogs more than alot of the people we meet.
22. sometimes have to choose between groceries and electric.... if you're good, you can play the game.
23. Don't know what "hiring a decorator" means. It's all about cheap paint and mini blinds.
24. will move curtains from one room to another and call it redecorated.
25. have parties in their garages.
26. have had to screen calls to avoid bill collectors.
27. have burned trash, because we live in a backwoods county.
28. still use dial up because they don't have dsl or cable internet in the boonies.
29. will wander out in the middle of the night in our U of M t-shirt and joe boxer's, to chase down the neighborhood speed demon, who continues to screech around the same block for an hour, while playing Garth Brooks "thunder rolls" with the base all the way up.
30.will buy groceries for our best friend when their broke.
31. can't afford to "club", so we drink beer in the backyard with our friends.
32. don't have tivo or dvr......
33. knows someone who has had their wedding reception in a pole barn. Or live in one...
34. Own flannel.
35. are used to sleeping with dog hair.
36. walk around barefoot.
37. have been laid off or downsized because of the field we work in, or the state of our economy.
38. Know the number to unemployment by heart.
39. catch up winter bills with tax returns.
40. have cupboards that house more than 70% of unbranded food, it's cheaper.
41. are more loyal to our friends than family.
42. don't own SUV's.
43. believe in spanking our kids. A good *** whoppin is not child abuse, it's discipline, and kids are lacking that now adays. Seriously.
44. Don't do family vacations to an out of state condo once a year. We have a hard enough time dealing with the one house we have.
45. don't have our nails done, there's better places for the money to go.
46. have been hungry..... need i say more?
47. work more than one job on a regular basis.
48. are more honest than any yuppie bank loan manager you will ever meet.
49. will loan you money we don't have, so that you won't go without heat or go without food.
50. get looked down on alot!
51. are stronger than most yuppies, and more able to handle the rough times in our lives, and keep our heads above water.
52. know when to stick together.
53. know what real friendship means.
54. don't have teenagers with cell phones.
55. don't get regular hair cuts. There's always one of us that's good with the scissors, or buzz cutters.
56. smoke cheap cigs and drink cheap whiskey.
57. buy most of our cleaning supplies from a dollar store.
58. own a Wescoa to go mug.
59. always have coffee on, and enough food to feed extra.
60. don't have dishwashers, unless you count kids and your left and right hand, but we don't have piled up dishes either!
61. will serve a holiday meal on mismatched plates.
62. actually eat the fish we catch.
63. Don't mind getting our hands dirty.
64. will buy an ugly house that seriously needs work.
65. have only pl pd insurance, it's impossible to afford full coverage up here.
66. consider starbucks a rare treat, not a daily must have.
67. have one or more friends with no teeth.
68. Don't mind finding home decor at a Good will or yard sales.
69. don't hire other people to clean our carpets. It's cheaper to do it yourself.
70. know our neighbors, and their kids, and their dogs, and have fed one or all at any given time.
71. drink beer at a wake.
72. carry jumper cables, and duct tape in our trunks, and know how to use them.
73. will give a ride to a stranger.
74. have loaned out our jack to someone who doesn't have one, and then helped them changed the tire.
75. are suckers for "will work for food" signs. Until we see the fifteen grocerie bags behind said begger.
76. consider "old country buffet" good eats.
77. have been, or know of, a woman giving birth out of wedlock.
78. have a friend or relative that has left their family high and dry, for economic reasons.
79. use cheap toilet paper.
80. don't landscape, we just mow.
81. don't have gym memberships.
82. Have buried our friends of our own age due to drug or alcohol addictions.
83. Know what Venison is, and if you don't eat it you at least for damn sure know how to cook it.
84. Don't have anything catered. EVER.
85. Never look down our noses at anyone.
86. Have had to put down an animal, and cry while we did it.
87. Use to good times, to get us through the bad times.
88. Have never been on welfare, but don't live as well as most who do.
89. consider a used vehicle less than five years old NEW.
90. Will get up at two in the morning and make coffee when a friend bangs on the door because their life is falling apart.
91. have relatives or friends that owe us money, and have owed us money for years.
92. don't have cable or dish. We use good old rabbit ears.
93. Have had to turn the oven on to heat the house when the "boys" were downstairs drinking beer and working on the furnace.
94. Don't do dinner parties. We just have friends over for dinner.
95. Don't wear expensive jewelry.
96. Have bailed a friend or relative out of jail more than once.
97. Have sat up all night smoking and drinking coffee trying to figure out how we are going to get by. or wondering "what next?"
98. Pray alot.
99. own work boots
100. We never pretend to be, or portray ourselves as anything other than we. We are not ashamed. We work hard, and hold true to our values. We don't believe in keeping up with the Jones, and if the Jones's needed us, well hell we would probably be there for them too.



I copied this from a friends blog and it really hit home with me. I hope this helps answer your question.....

Answer 2

It depends on context.

Red neck can very well be used in a derragatory manner, but it isn't always so.

As Jeff Foxworthy defines it, Redneck is "A glorious absence of sophistication." Depending on how you interpret that (And how the term is used): That may be a good thing, or a bad thing, and it has nothing to do with race.

As for c******* or H**ky? Those would be the terms you might want to watch out for, as they can be interpreted as offensive equivalents to the N word in almost anyone regardless of context.

It's really a term to describe certain working class people (Usually people imply it's a Southern thing), and most people are perfectly fine with it being used the right way.

I used to hate rednecks (And use the term with derogitry), but then I met my Puerto Rican aunt and her kids, who just so happene to be rednecks. I'm perfectly fine with it, and my ways have changed completely. I still live in an area that has a large population of rednecks, but I know that a percentage of them are great people. Rednecks are the reason I tried deer for the first time (As many of my redneck friends do enjoy hunting), and holy ****: That's some good food when you grill it right. Jeff Foxworthy is ******* hilarious too. :P

There's some that are racist, but there's no reason to generalize the whole group. There's many that are very friendly people, and that hate can surface in a white person of any class, and it can come from a black person of any class (Or any other race/class for that matter).

Answer 3

It's just a slang for southerners, but not a very nice word. You know, having black best friends..it's really fun. We are allowed to call each other names because we totally and completely love each other as friends. I personally don't like any name calling, but I have heard a couple of black jokes from them, they thought they were funny jokes, and I did, too. But I never repeated them to my white friends, because I didn't want them to think I was racist.{PS...I like the bull riding!)

Answer 4

Red neck refers to some one who works to hard or is out in the sun for too long kind of like blue collar, it isn't racist even though it is mostly used for white people.

Answer 5

red neck basically means simple hardworking man or woman

you can call me one, we get lumped in with a bunch of biggots, etc. most are easy and laid back

no harm here

Answer 6

red neck doesnt sound racist to me, and its not the same thing as calling a Black person a ****.er, just to let yall know!!

Answer 7

I'm black and i'm a red neck at times. It doesn't have anything to do with color.