Does "redneck" = "racist"? (1 Viewer)

[Absentglare]

Does "redneck" = "racist"?

I'm going to leave it completely open-ended.

Redneck : a working class white person; especially a politically reactionary one from a rural area

Racist : a person who shows or feels discrimination or prejudice against people of other races

No, they are quite obviously not equal.

I can't believe the ignorance in this thread. "Redneck" does not simply describe a race. It is more precise than that. And many people who seem to claim that racism doesn't exist anymore are now claiming that people who use "redneck" are racists. What the ****?

 

[AGENT J]

Joe Scarborough proudly boasts he's from the "Redneck Riviera".

LOl well I don't recall if I ever heard him say that but being proud of somethign doesn't cease to make somethign racist or not I'm simply going by facts and definitions.

 

[Hatuey]

Do black comedians say nigger in their routines?

Aren't you black? You tell me.

I don't think you actually understood the picture. I'll give you a clue, one of those guys is in redneck face and rhymes with Barry, Label and Buy.

 

[danarhea]

50 years ago, the word "redneck" universally meant racist, as well as other derogatory things about white people. Times have changed. Today, I have a few black friends who call themselves rednecks. The racist connotation is no longer there in some parts of the country. I speak only for Texas. It may be different in other parts of the country.

 

[apdst]

Earlier in this thread, I believe someone did mention a black friend who calls himself a "redneck." And I have heard "redneck" both as a neutral term and a term of endearment.

I've heard nigger used the same way and used by white folks to describe themselves. Same standard, or not?

 

[Hatuey]

I've heard nigger used the same way and used by white folks to describe themselves. Same standard, or not?

Let me take a seat.

Go on.

 

[lurchadams]

LOl well I don't recall if I ever heard him say that but being proud of somethign doesn't cease to make somethign racist or not I'm simply going by facts and definitions.

Yeah, I don't recall calling anyone either. It's kind of like the "N" word. You can only call someone a "Cracker" or "Redneck" if you feel you're one yourself. I can't believe political correctness has spilled over the the folks who hate political correctness the most! Oh, the irony. For example, in our travels we might happen upon a conversation such as this:

"I'm sorry, Uncle Cletus. We no longer like to be called "Rednecks", we prefer, "Crackers". It helps remind everyone of our struggle for respect and equality from the British monarchy back the the 1700's".

eace :2wave: eace :lamo

 

[apdst]

It's one of my favorite movies, what about it?

How many times did you hear nigger?

 

[SmokeAndMirrors]

50 years ago, the word "redneck" universally meant racist, as well as other derogatory things about white people. Times have changed. Today, I have a few black friends who call themselves rednecks. The racist connotation is no longer there in some parts of the country. I speak only for Texas. It may be different in other parts of the country.

I actually didn't know that. As someone of the younger generation who alway lived in suburban-to-urban areas growing up, I didn't meet too many self-identified rednecks. When I finally did, he was black, from Missouri. :lol:

Obviously the term must have started with white people; the majority of black people don't go red in the sun. But I didn't know it had explicit racist connotations at one time, which I guess shows that change of meaning has spread outside Texas.

 

[nota bene]

I've heard nigger used the same way and used by white folks to describe themselves. Same standard, or not?

Depends on who's saying it.

But I will say that all the "my nigga" stuff posted by white teens trying to be cool reads pretty stupid after a point.

 

[danarhea]

Depends on who's saying it.

But I will say that all the "my nigga" stuff posted by white teens trying to be cool reads pretty stupid after a point.

[video]http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/chappelles-show-clayton-bigsby-the-black-white-supremist/82404406/[/video]

 

[RetiredNSmilin]

It was first used by coal miners on strike as they marched through a few counties wearing a red cloth around their neck to identify themselves to the local folk.

They were met by management and had a famous gun battle on a mountain top someplace in West VA in the 1920's.

The miners had rifles of mixed caliber, and management had crew served machine guns.

In the legal action that followed, management lost their case when an unexploded bomb dropped from one of their planes was used as evidence of their violent intent.

"Rednecks" were common folk looking to better themselves, and meeting violent resistance from management for attempting it.

Since those days, there is even some who say there is a difference between a hillbilly and a redneck.

I stay out of that one.

PS...the tired overused term "racist" has been thrown around so long by so many it has lost all meaning or effect. Anyone and everyone is a "racist" if you look long enough. :coffeepap

 

[falcata]

How many times did you hear nigger?

I again want to draw a distinction between the general "N-word" and the evolution from it "nigga." They are both used in the film and are clear in their intended context.

.I know what you're saying, but I think you need to acknowledge the differences to be had not just between redneck and the "N-word," but in the "N-word" itself.

 

[Bodi]

I heard that as folks from the South herded their cattle the term "cracker" came from the sound their whips made. I'm not kidding.

I heard it was whip cracks but towards British convicts being sent abroad.

 

[disneydude]

The term "redneck" to me does not have any "racist" overtones. Rednecks CAN be racist, but the term does not reference that. To me "redneck" generally refers to someone who is more "ignorant" than anything.

 

[nota bene]

That's what some rednecks are counting on.