Quote from jem:
zzz you are as ignorant on this subject as a redneck is on surfing. You are trying to define redneck when you live in So Cal. (Where I lived for 14 years and may soon return). Perhaps if you went out to the imperial valley you would see some people who looked like rednecks but you would not see rednecks.
Now that I live in Florida, I know Rednecks. Trailer trash whites will call other whites Rednecks while meaning it in multiple ways. From compliment to a slur on par with ignorant.
However hispanics, blacks and sometimes whites frequently use the term redneck as a racial slur especially when they are not referring to real rednecks.
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
When whites use the term redneck to describe the behavior and values of another white, it is not racial.
Quote from sputdr:
Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't you calling Nascar fans rednecks?
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Sit outside at a NASCAR event in the bright sun, watch cars go in circles for 500 miles for a few hours, hoping to see someone die in a crash....your neck gets red.....
Quote from indahook:
Once again, it does not matter what/or by who the word is being used for. The word itself is racist. When blacks call each other "n" its not a racial use of the word. But the word itself is still a racist one. Same way for redneck.