Reply #17: I agree that it is a class slur

[TallahasseeGrannie]

because it refers to people who work out of doors.

But it is also racial because you have to have light skin in order for it to get red in the sun.

Maybe you have to be called a redneck for it to seem racial.

Can you stop being a redneck by changing your beliefs? I don't really think so. If you have a southern accent, if you work hard outside or in the trades for a living, you are considered a redneck regardless of your beliefs.

It is as racial as "yellow man" or "red man." I will put "nigger" in a higher category because of the slave history of the word. That's hard to top.