'Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead
Or a yawing hole in a battered head
And the scuppers clogged with rotting red
And there they lay I damn me eyes
All lookouts clapped on Paradise
All souls bound just contrarywise, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Lol, I've been posting here the whole time.
This is just like the article someone posted of a school chanting USA, and the other school took it as offensive because by USA they meant "you suck ass."
STOP OVER THINKING EVERYTHING!
All they said was USA
USA =/= anyone who isn't white isn't American.
USA= United States of America
You could easily say that me saying "lol" at the beginning of my post was racist because I don't think that people of your race(what ever it may be) can laugh. Do you see how ridiculous that sounds?
"the presumption made by most of the rednecks in this state is that anyone who speaks spanish with dark skin is obviously an illegal immigrant."
We can identify that one classification of a 'redneck' for this person is a prejudiced mindset. That is all we may ascertain. A point is raised previously about wealth but seems to refer to segregation-encouraged racism in context, and is seperated from the quoted text via conjunction.
It's very hard to compare words, given how much variety is in their roots and usage. 'Redneck' to many may carry no racial connotations at all; with words like this, it can be confusing to establish the intentions of those that use the word. In this case, it appears to lack any racist motivations. However, I agree with you in that if you, say, are in a position where you regularly deal with the term 'redneck' in a different (emotionally-charged) context, it would feel alien to interpret it as anything else. Words and gestures are very interesting in how differently they can be received.
I'm closing this. It's just turned into a bunch of nation bashing, which we don't allow.