Why is it acceptable to use terms like redneck and white trash but not the “n word”?
April 16, 2010 by
Filed under Redneck
i dont understand why. I thought they were equally offensive. You can ask a question on this site using redneck, white trash and hillbilly without anyone complaining at all,,, but if you say nlgger, your account is immediately suspended and you could have death threats!
because they r not comparable words dude!!! this does show your ignorance and when whitney slams you, you will deserve it.
Because it’s OK to be mean to white people, especially white males.
I think that all of those terms are offensive but I guess that there is more consensus in society about the offensiveness of the n word.
They would been acceptable if the people the word is referring to is at the same level as the people who are using the word.
because since a very long long time ago when black people were the low, now they’re going to take over the world and try to do what our way old generations did to them. point blank. its okay to be mean to white people, i mean duh!
reverse discrimination.
You need to learn about black history and be a little more sensitive..
When ppl say hillbilly, white trash.. it really isnt that offensive. Im asian and we get called Chinky..short.. etc. im rllly not that offended by it..
It is a case of discrimination, really. by the way, there is no such thing as ‘reverse discrimination”, discrimination is discrimination and can flow either way.
The term redneck, as you probably know, used to simply mean farmer or someone that worked the land for a living. Since farmers were usually not knowledgeable in how things were in the city, they were thought of as ‘hicks’ and redneck became synonymous with that. They were ‘redneck’ because their necks were usually sunburned, being the only part of their bodies not covered by clothing while they worked out in the sun.
Personally, I am proud of my ‘hillbilly’ and ’swampbilly’ roots. The only thing I really cannot stand is what is referred to in my area as ‘whigger’, which is the suburban white that has adopted the black inner city culture as his own and doesn’t realize how stupid it makes him look and sound. Even the inner city blacks that have made something of themselves have said that the gangster and jail fashion and culture that is being adopted by many of the urban youth is a major factor in keeping the youths as a whole from making anything of themselves, even to denigrating anyone that does try and get ahead in school and work.