Wordgame

Should my family be offended by the word "redneck" showing up in a tv wordgame we play?

May 19th, 2010 | by admin |

yesterday my wife, 14 year old daughter and i were playing a game called "word crunch" on our direct tv…it is a channel with games that you get for an extra charge per month…well, on of the words that we figured out was "REDNECK"…is this not a racial slur against white people?…should not white people be offended by that showing up on a game being played?…if the "N" word showed up or any other slur at any other race was on that game, you can bet it would have been in the news already and there would be a law suit…why is it that white people can be called names and made fun of, but no other races can?…i was joking when the word came up that "we should call a white al sharpton and a white jesse jackson and file a law suit!"…i don’t feel as if i am rascist at all and i would never call someone by a derogatory name, why should my family and i be subject to this…i am going to file a complaint with direct tv…wonder if i would be taken as seriously being a white person than if i was a person of color making a complaint of a racial slur?…can a white person sue for racial slurs like a person of color can?…

Redneck isn’t a racial slur…there are black rednecks too…

Redneck is a regional slur.