A New Racial Slur for Whites

[Dave-W]

what red neck is offensive now?

Always has been. "Red Neck" was equated with "Hillbilly:" white, poor, ignorant. Stereotype: Beverly Hillbillies, Dukes of Hazzard.

 

[Chesterton]

Always has been. "Red Neck" was equated with "Hillbilly:" white, poor, ignorant. Stereotype: Beverly Hillbillies, Dukes of Hazzard.

No, redneck had an interesting double meaning. In the '60's, when hippie type men grew their hair long and expressed a disdain for the traditional work ethic, having a red neck meant you had short hair and worked outdoors, for example, farming, construction, oil field work, etc.

 

[Noxot]

guess it depends on how you use the word. I wish people that call others racist would recognize this simple rule.

 

[Dave-W]

No, redneck had an interesting double meaning. In the '60's, when hippie type men grew their hair long and expressed a disdain for the traditional work ethic, having a red neck meant you had short hair and worked outdoors, for example, farming, construction, oil field work, etc.

Not where I was from. It was exactly what I said.

 

[Chesterton]

Not where I was from.

Where were you from?

It was exactly what I said.

I get the part about being white of course, but can you explain the rest?

 

[jayem]

Always has been. "Red Neck" was equated with "Hillbilly:" white, poor, ignorant. Stereotype: Beverly Hillbillies, Dukes of Hazzard.

True. And there's the equally, if not more offensive term "white trash." Which was not used in my family. But people said it.

 

[Dave-W]

Where were you from?

I get the part about being white of course, but can you explain the rest?

Michigan.

Southerners were not looked on kindly.

 

[Dave-W]

True. And there's the equally, if not more offensive term "white trash." Which was not used in my family. But people said it.

In the north we used red neck.
In the south, the red necks called the whites even lower on the food chain white trash or trailer trash.

 

[Chesterton]

Michigan.

Southerners were not looked on kindly.

In the north we used red neck.
In the south, the red necks called the whites even lower on the food chain white trash or trailer trash.

I'll pray for your six grandchildren.