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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 763496" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong>Redneck</strong> is historically a derogatory slang term to refer to poor white Southern farmers in the United States.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[1]</span></a> It is similar in meaning to "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">cracker</span></a>" (especially in Georgia and Florida), "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">hillbilly</span></a>" (especially in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Appalachia</span></a>) and "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">white trash</span></a>" (especially among blacks<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[2]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-2" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[3]</span></a>).</p><p> </p><p>The most common American usage, referring to the poor rural white Southerner, is probably derived from individuals having a red neck caused by working outdoors in the hot sun. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as "poorer inhabitants of the rural districts...men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin burned red by the sun, and especially is this true of the back of their necks".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-3" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[4]</span></a> In recent decades the term expanded its meaning to mean bigoted, loutish and opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack Southern conservatives and segregationists. At the same time, many members of the U.S. Southern community have set out to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaimed_word" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">reclaim</span></a> the word, using it as a self-identifier, and the term has also been claimed by individuals outside of the United States.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 763496, member: 1246"] [B]Redneck[/B] is historically a derogatory slang term to refer to poor white Southern farmers in the United States.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-0"][COLOR=#0645ad][1][/COLOR][/URL] It is similar in meaning to "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cracker_(pejorative)"][COLOR=#0645ad]cracker[/COLOR][/URL]" (especially in Georgia and Florida), "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly"][COLOR=#0645ad]hillbilly[/COLOR][/URL]" (especially in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachia"][COLOR=#0645ad]Appalachia[/COLOR][/URL]) and "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash"][COLOR=#0645ad]white trash[/COLOR][/URL]" (especially among blacks[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-1"][COLOR=#0645ad][2][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-2"][COLOR=#0645ad][3][/COLOR][/URL]). The most common American usage, referring to the poor rural white Southerner, is probably derived from individuals having a red neck caused by working outdoors in the hot sun. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as "poorer inhabitants of the rural districts...men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin burned red by the sun, and especially is this true of the back of their necks".[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck#cite_note-3"][COLOR=#0645ad][4][/COLOR][/URL] In recent decades the term expanded its meaning to mean bigoted, loutish and opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack Southern conservatives and segregationists. At the same time, many members of the U.S. Southern community have set out to [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaimed_word"][COLOR=#0645ad]reclaim[/COLOR][/URL] the word, using it as a self-identifier, and the term has also been claimed by individuals outside of the United States. [/QUOTE]
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