What are rednecks really like?

When city people throw around words like "redneck" or "hillbilly," they generally mean them as insults. But what do these words signify for the ... But within the communities where self-identified rednecks and hillbillies actually live, these words have layers of meaning. read more

" Rednecks are the same as any group of people, you have good, bad and indifferent. Some rednecks are 100% exactly like the stereotype people envision, they can be racist, loudmouth, ignorant buffoons with a dislike for anyone who is different or has success they do not. read more

Watch this: Some rednecks are just good hearted people born into deep poverty in remote rural areas with little or no access to decent education, basic dental care, or anything like diversity or broad-minded thinking. As such, they come by their ignorance honestly. read more

Writers Edward Abbey and Dave Foreman also use"redneck" as a political call to mobilize poor rural white Southerners."In Defense of the Redneck" was a popular essay by Ed Abbey. One popular early Earth First! bumper sticker was"Rednecks for Wilderness". read more