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Originally Posted by kutulu
I've seen plenty examples of white southerners getting sick of people referring to them as hicks and rednecks because of their accents and other aspects of their culture. Don't pretend that it's just minorities that get offended by stereotypes.
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Hey, I believe you. As I said, I've got a lot of family that lives out on farmland, that hunt
alot, confederate flags all over the place, etc. I imagine they would take offense to redneck / hick thing. However, I do feel that given the difference in the relatively modern American experience, that the level of insult given with redneck or hick (which are not strictly racial, but cultural - ie. you can have black hicks - its just commonly used), is much less than what I perceive blacks and hispanics perceive as the use of the previously mentioned racial slurs.