Redneck
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Redneck is a derogatory term mainly applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the southern United States. Its meaning possibly stems
The term may come from the look of a sunburned neck.
Poor white sharecroppers in Alabama, 1936
Coal miners in soda fountain, Kentucky, 1946
Hillbilly
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Hillbilly is a term historically used for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks. As people migrated out of the region during
Redneck
…MacKethan describe the stereotype as follows: Its modern usage is similar in meaning to cracker (especially regarding Texas, Georgia, and Florida), hillbilly (especially regarding Appalachia and the Ozarks), and white trash (but without the last term's suggestions of immorality). In Britain, the Cambridge…
The Hatfield clan (1897)
"Hillbilly shot glass" inscribed on a wooden shot glass at a gift shop in Nashville, Indiana
Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan from The Beverly Hillbillies in 1970
Migrant family from Arkansas playing hill-billy songs (1939)