Rednecks from around the world ....

Rednecks in the US are subject to as much racist stereotyping as Blacks or Jews .. And in case you dont know what a redneck is ...

The term redneck was originally used to describe a person of pale skin that has been sunburned doing outdoor work or field work - It disproportionately applies to the poor. Today, a redneck is a stereotypical southern United States socially conservative, fiscally liberal, rural, working class white person with northern European ancestry.

The popular etymology says that the term derives from such individuals having a red neck caused by working outdoors in the sunlight over the course of their lifetime. Another popular theory stems from the use of red bandanas tied around the neck to signify union affiliation during the violent clashes between United Mine Workers and owners between 1910 and 1920.

A redneck is usually typified in popular culture by a straight male with a beer belly that consumes cheap American beer such as Busch or Miller by the case (Pabst Blue Ribbon in more traditional settings) as well as Jack Daniel's. They are generally distrustful or dislike anyone not like them or the government.

The stereotypical redneck lives in a trailer, and drives an old, large, beat-up pickup truck with a gun rack in the rear window. He generally wears a stained, sleeveless t-shirt, blue jeans, and a trucker hat. Personal hygiene is a lost concept with the stereotypical redneck, and what teeth they have left generally show the complete anthology of the stages of dental caries.

Their favorite activities include hunting, shooting at road signs and lights, professional wrestling, NASCAR, monster truck rallies, car engine repair, collecting junked cars and large appliances on their lawns, having way too many children and dogs, participating in domestic distubances, and waiting around for their welfare checks. Country and Southern Rock bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd figure in as their preferred genre of music.

Remember, these are all just part of the popular stereotype and that most people who could be called rednecks hardly resemble the description above. A lot of the "rednecks" have moved into the cities and cant really be distinguished from other people. And now, most references to rednecks are made in jest ....

However, the interesting thing is this - I was at a party yesterday and I was having a conversation with a redneck (This guy has a knife in his pocket) and a rifle in his car ! And he was telling me that there are rednecks in every country of the world ! He worked at a plant where there are people from about 60 countries.

Which got me thinking, who are the Indian rednecks ?

The Bihari/Rajasthani villagers with their crotch scratching drunkenness ?
Rich rural Punjabis with their jeeps and machismo ?
Or .......