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I don't think so when you see so many white guys especially go out there and say they are rednecks
Arcanetrance
Nov 2013
#2
A Scotch immigrant is anyone coming here with a bottle of Glenfiddich
JustABozoOnThisBus
Nov 2013
#92
Ooops. I was thinking Scotch-Irish, but left off the Irish because it didn't apply.
Behind the Aegis
Nov 2013
#97
From a moral point of view there is no difference, if one is a bigot while out of power
Uncle Joe
Nov 2013
#15
That's only describing *institutional* racism, tho....and not all racism is institutional.
AverageJoe90
Nov 2013
#86
If it's used by an outsider to stereotype a group of people based on appearance,
Gormy Cuss
Nov 2013
#17
Racism is active - it's a mechanism of power usage, like Sexism. Bigotry is individual belief.
haele
Nov 2013
#35
I perceive racism as referring to an assumed sense of ethnic and/or racial superiority one group has
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2013
#22
Look, "Redneck" is not a race. You can't be racist for calling someone a redneck - especially
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2013
#40
Every redneck I ever knew, me included, was proud to be referred to as such. It's a
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2013
#51
Well, you see, one trait of a true redneck is that he doesn't recognize
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2013
#52
Jeff said 'generally' and that's true, regardless of the charming picture above.
IrishAyes
Nov 2013
#129
Oh bullshit. Most of the redneck culture is based on pride in hard work which
ChisolmTrailDem
Nov 2013
#48
Country Boy, Good Ol Boy, Hick, Bumpkin, Redneck, White Trash, Poor White Trash...
NightWatcher
Nov 2013
#41
As a matter of fact, I am. I am currently doing field studies here in Georgia.
Tom Ripley
Nov 2013
#63
Redneck is on a level with things like 'hick,' 'nerd,' 'jock,' 'hippy,' 'beatnik,' etc.
Gidney N Cloyd
Nov 2013
#46
There are black people in my area that are rednecks. It is the way they dress and choose to live.
appleannie1
Nov 2013
#54
Thank you. Being from a coal mining region, I heard that story from parents and grandparents, but
AlinPA
Nov 2013
#71
I used to think 'hillbillies' were only white Americans who lived in the mountains of the Southern
Tikki
Nov 2013
#61
Lots of people live in hills and not all are called 'hillbillies' so it has an aspect of 'lifestyle'
Tikki
Nov 2013
#76
Apparently my vote has now been recorded but I still don't get a form to explain my vote;
IrishAyes
Nov 2013
#131
To appreciate how it can be racist, be called that while you're the only white person around.
dimbear
Nov 2013
#132
Rednecks are a generally racist, bigoted, simple subset of the white population.
Vashta Nerada
Nov 2013
#138