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7 de abr. de 2015 · In America, the word redneck dates back to the 1800s, and in different parts of the country at different times, its meaning has shifted. Over the course of nearly 200 years, it has stood for the following: poor, Southern whites. a name “applied by the better class of people to the poorer [white] inhabitants of the rural districts”
Redneck is a derogatory term mainly, but not exclusively, applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the Southern United States. [1] [2] Its meaning possibly stems from the sunburn found on farmers' necks dating back to the late 19th century. [3]
11 de dic. de 2019 · Where Does the Term Redneck Come From? A recent trend of attributing it to a 1920s union uprising in Appalachia misses a more complex—and less sunny—history. By Rebecca Onion
Originally used in the latter half of the 19th century, redneck was a slur used by upper-class whites to describe lower-class white farmers (Huber 1995). These lower-class workers would often have sunburnt, red necks from tending their fields all day; hence the name.
14 de mar. de 2016 · In their book The Companion to Southern Literature, Joseph Flora and Lucinda MacKethan describe the characteristics of the “redneck,” a stereotype of a particular kind of poor white Southerner that dates back to before the Civil War: Redneck is a derogatory term currently applied to some lower-class and workingclass southerners.
5 de sept. de 2022 · History. The Unexpected, Radical Roots of ‘Redneck’. The term is known best as an insult for backwoods hillbillies, but in one chapter of Appalachian history “redneck” was also used to spread fear of communist militants and oppress organized mine workers. by Lonnie Lee Hood September 5, 2022.
term redneck originated as a class slur in the late-nineteenth-century South, but white blue-collar workers - especially, but not exclusively, those from the South - gave it a complimentary meaning in the late twentieth century. The redefinition and use of the term by these self-styled rednecks speak powerfully to their racial
