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Posted By: CarrieAnn, on host 24.216.10.15
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000, at 12:26:16

All weekend long I've been bombarded with
references to "rednecks". Living in the south, I
can't help but notice that it's okay to make fun
of those who are poor or prefer to farm instead
of putting on a suit and sitting in an office all
day. It's okay to label an entire region of the
United States as redneck because we're
southern and have a drawl and must be
stupid. The term redneck is, in the minds of
hundreds of people I have spoken with, on the
same prejudice, stereotypical, racist level as
many other derogatory terms. Words such as
ni--er, sp--k, no--k, etc., etc., that are SO taboo
that you can be taken to court for muttering
them refer to the same type of stereotypes as
the term redneck does, but it is overlooked.
Recently the matter of the Confederate flag
has been all over the news. Well, in my
opinion the flag should've come down. NOT
because it represents slavery but because it
is no longer representative of the
Confederacy. The Civil War was not fought
over slavery. As a matter of fact, President
Lincoln didn't enact the Emancipation
Proclimation until the war was almost over
because he knew that northerners would not
fight to free slavery and that he would have no
army. As a matter of fact, the KKK is
everywhere. Recently the New England KKK
declared the Confederate Flag as part of their
"culture". What incredible bull. That flag does
not stand for slavery or supremacy. There is
just so much bigotry and prejudice in this
country over things that people aren't that
educated in. I come from the south, I've lived in
rural America my entire life. I'm proud of the
south. I'm not poor, I'm not stupid. I have a
masters degree and make over $100,000 a
year. If people are supposed to abandon
stereotypes about minority groups, why can't
everyone get rid of the stereotypes about the
people who live in the South?

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