It all depends on who is using the words... In my neck of the woods, racism is very bad. Normally when a black person is using the word redneck in reference to a white person, it is in a derogitory manner. On the flip side of the coin, when a white person uses the word nigger, it is usually meant in a derogitory manner as well.
The exceptions are...a white person can call another white person a redneck, and the person on the receiving end won't be offended...some will consider it a compliment, others won't...but there is no offense taken usually.
If a Black person calls another black person a nigger, or nigga then there is no offense taken usually, unless the person is a little older or educated. I know plenty of black people who don't subscribe to the use of nigger or nigga as a term of endearment.
I have heard a black person call a white person a redneck....and when the two know each other well, or are on friendly terms the white person usually doesn't get offended. But, the reverse is usually not true... I haven't witnessed an incidences where a white person would ever get away using the word nigger towards a black person...
I think how people react to the word "redneck" and "nigger" depends on who is doing the name calling, who is on the receiving end, and what part of the country it takes place in. I am "from" the more central part of Texas, just north of Austin...yet I reside in SE Texas, north of Houston, and where racism isn't bad where I am from, where i reside it is extremely bad. For the first 6 months I lived here, it felt like I was stepping back to the 60's or 70's as far as racial tolerance goes. Growing up I never saw a black guy, or woman, ride a horse, drive a truck, wear wranglers or a cowboy hat either... I saw all of that in the first couple weeks I lived here, and see it fairly regularly. Back where I am from, most blacks wouldn't be caught dead on a horse or wearing a cowboy hat.
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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Heck, there are still golf courses in the US where Woods can't play because he's black.
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Oh really? I am not doubting what you are saying, but could you be specific? What are your sources? I find it interesting, that after all he has contributed to the sport, there are dumbasses that won't let him play on their course.