Is red neck a racist term?

Answer 1

It is depending on who is using it, a Good Ole white boy from the south will refer to themselves as Rednecks. They have a contest down south called the Redneck Games

But if anyone else uses it , It is a racist term.

Answer 2

yes b/c when you call someone a redneck you mean to say they are lazy drunks with a couch on their front porch and a car on cement blocks in the front yard.kinda what everyone thinks when you say beaner.
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no a "Good Ole" boy from down south is a country boy and do not like to be called redneck i should know im from florida.

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i would love to see one of you come down here and call my friend J.R. a redneck. that would be funny.or Bubba, he hates it too.

Answer 3

Redneck is a derogatory term, it is not racism "in and of itself".

Racism is the basing of an opinion or belief on race.

this for some reason hard for antis to understand


Immigration stance HAS NOTHING TO DO with racism......UNLESS YOU ARE BASING YOUR BELIEF ON RACE


I believe Antis are using ths as a TACTIC to smokescreen the REAL racism....they seem to want to hide the racists in there camp and never call them on there racism they AGREE IN SILENCE

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Answer 4

It refers to whites, primarily farmers who work in the field, wear coveralls and long shirts to protect themselves from weeds and pollen and such, and get sun burned on the back of their necks.

Uppity whites would like to try and insult country whites by calling them rednecks, but country whites would laugh it off, and consider it to be a badge of honor, so the whole concept backfired on the city slickers. City slickers, by the way, tend to get upset when you call them city slickers. I guess because deep down, many of them are ashamed of themselves.

There are very few whites who get offended by any term that refers to them as a white person, because most whites are proud of who they are. Personally, I feel sorry for people who are so easily offended, except it seems that too many people like to play the victim for dirty underhanded purposes.

That's right, I gots me a double wide. My grandaddy's name was Earl.

Answer 5

It's a cultural insult to many, and should not be used by those who are not white! Personally, rednecks are hard working people of the land and should be revered by all.

Answer 6

It is a prejudiced term against people who work in the sun in physical labor and get a red neck.

It was used by the 'elite' who didn't get their hands dirty against those who did, and might not have the college (or other) education the 'elite's' had.

The idea is that they are uncultured and crude.

However, it has taken on a cultural identity of its own having to do with 'real' as opposed to 'fake' people, and a lot of people who called themselves red neck are educated but consider themselves down to earth, not snobs, or 'country'.

Sort of like when that Democrat Assemblyman in California said that those against illegal immigration were 'crackers' and it became a very popular bumper sticker to have 'I'm a Cracker'.

Loyalty, patriotism, bravery, a strong sense of family and duty and faith.... all of those unenlightened attributes, you know?

Answer 7

it categorizes people (white people mostly) so yes it is a racist term and if not it does at least discriminate. i'm white and i sure dont appreciate being called a red neck.

Answer 8

Jose Angel Gutierrez,
Professor, University of Texas, Arlington
Founder of the La Raza Unida political party
"We have an aging white America.
They are not making babies. They are dying.
The explosion is in our population . . .
They are shitting in their pants with fear...I love it.
We have got to eliminate the gringo,
and what I mean by that is,
if the worst comes to the worst, we have got to kill him."

Answer 9

Technically yes
Its like blacks using the "N" word towards each other is acceptable.but outside of it,its a derogatory slam.

Answer 10

its a term used to describe southerners, just like those people call northerners Yankees