Comments on: It’s Time To Stop The ‘Redneck’ Slurs http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/ West Virginian By Birth, Redneck By Choice Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:15:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: The Enlightened Redneck » Manic Mother: The Poster Child Of Elitism http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-884 The Enlightened Redneck » Manic Mother: The Poster Child Of Elitism Wed, 06 May 2009 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-884 [...] organized that particular flea market fueled a misinformed media stereotype by equating the Confederate flag (and thus Southern bigotry) with being redneck. [...] [...] organized that particular flea market fueled a misinformed media stereotype by equating the Confederate flag (and thus Southern bigotry) with being redneck. [...]

]]> By: The Enlightened Redneck » Tom Brokaw’s Cultural Ignorance http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-248 The Enlightened Redneck » Tom Brokaw’s Cultural Ignorance Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:18:51 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-248 [...] I’ll say it again: “Redneck” is not synonymous with “bigot” or “racist,” and everyone, especially journalists like Brokaw and Stanley Crouch of the New York Daily News who should know better, need to stop using it as a slur. Jennerationx does a great job of taking Brokaw to task. Here’s an excerpt, but read the whole thing: The American redneck runs this country. We drive semis, we work in the fields, we fix cars, we work in grocery stores, department stores, pharmacies, car washes, mills, factories, mines, we work on the docks, the ships, the junkyards, we work as beauticians, as police as firefighters as nurses and construction workers. [...] [...] I’ll say it again: “Redneck” is not synonymous with “bigot” or “racist,” and everyone, especially journalists like Brokaw and Stanley Crouch of the New York Daily News who should know better, need to stop using it as a slur. Jennerationx does a great job of taking Brokaw to task. Here’s an excerpt, but read the whole thing: The American redneck runs this country. We drive semis, we work in the fields, we fix cars, we work in grocery stores, department stores, pharmacies, car washes, mills, factories, mines, we work on the docks, the ships, the junkyards, we work as beauticians, as police as firefighters as nurses and construction workers. [...]

]]> By: TN http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-220 TN Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:16:22 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-220 New Yorkers are the biggest hicks in America. They don't know anything about anything outside of New York, but they are convinced they are more sophisticated than everyone else. It's always hilarious. I wish all New Yorkers hated the South like most New Yorkers seem to. More people from the Northeast move South every year. They tend to be annoying, but some are nice. New Yorkers are the biggest hicks in America.

They don’t know anything about anything outside of New York, but they are convinced they are more sophisticated than everyone else. It’s always hilarious.

I wish all New Yorkers hated the South like most New Yorkers seem to. More people from the Northeast move South every year. They tend to be annoying, but some are nice.

]]> By: Mockingbird http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-219 Mockingbird Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:59:06 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-219 I prefer Dixie- American. Thank you, ya'll. I prefer Dixie- American.
Thank you, ya’ll.

]]> By: bob http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-214 bob Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:05:41 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-214 My quick two cents: the term 'redneck' and 'nigger' are not racial epithets exclusively. Even during the times of slavery, one would never call a prosperous free black of Charleston or Boston, a nigger; any more than one would call a white prosperous merchant a 'peckerwood' or 'redneck'. These two terms are extensions of an elitist and exclusionary agrarian society, where most of the land was held of a privileged elite and to use either term to designate someone is to remind them that they (a) do not have any economic power and (b) that you think it right that are under someone's control b/c you are obviously an 'idiot'. And that is horrible thing to say about anybody My quick two cents: the term ‘redneck’ and ‘nigger’ are not racial epithets exclusively. Even during the times of slavery, one would never call a prosperous free black of Charleston or Boston, a nigger; any more than one would call a white prosperous merchant a ‘peckerwood’ or ‘redneck’. These two terms are extensions of an elitist and exclusionary agrarian society, where most of the land was held of a privileged elite and to use either term to designate someone is to remind them that they (a) do not have any economic power and (b) that you think it right that are under someone’s control b/c you are obviously an ‘idiot’. And that is horrible thing to say about anybody

]]> By: Tim McDonald http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-213 Tim McDonald Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:47:24 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-213 For an insult to hurt, you have to at least care a modicum about the opinion of the person giving said opinion. Since I could care less, he can insult away. For an insult to hurt, you have to at least care a modicum about the opinion of the person giving said opinion. Since I could care less, he can insult away.

]]> By: Donna B. http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-212 Donna B. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:41:54 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-212 Redneck first referred to religious dissenters in Scotland who wore red scarves. By 1830, it was "a name bestowed upon the Presbyterians" according to an account by Anne Royall in NC. Hoosier and cracker are also North British terms that crossed the Atlantic. Funny how Hoosier isn't so derogatory anymore. Redneck first referred to religious dissenters in Scotland who wore red scarves. By 1830, it was “a name bestowed upon the Presbyterians” according to an account by Anne Royall in NC.

Hoosier and cracker are also North British terms that crossed the Atlantic. Funny how Hoosier isn’t so derogatory anymore.

]]> By: Mark C. http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-211 Mark C. Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:06:19 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-211 Maybe the thing to do is position "Redneck" as an equivalent term to the "N"-word. A word that only white southerners can use as a term of slang/inclusion amonst themselves, yet is verboten for anyone else. Maybe the thing to do is position “Redneck” as an equivalent term to the “N”-word. A word that only white southerners can use as a term of slang/inclusion amonst themselves, yet is verboten for anyone else.

]]> By: Michael Chaney http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-208 Michael Chaney Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:25:22 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-208 The etymology and history of the word "redneck" is well-known, see wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck But, yes, it's a racial slur. The etymology and history of the word “redneck” is well-known, see wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck

But, yes, it’s a racial slur.

]]> By: mike http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/2009/01/19/time-to-stop-the-redneck-slurs/#comment-206 mike Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:23:36 +0000 http://www.enlightenedredneck.com/?p=734#comment-206 I prefer the term appalachian-american. I prefer the term appalachian-american.

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