The term “redneck” originated from a major labor uprising in 1921, she writes. Multiracial coal miners in Appalachia wore red bandanas to indicate they were in favor of unionizing.
Howard, who grew up in a poor, working-class mining family in rural Kentucky, says she was often angry at living a life where “poor people are sacrificed for a few to be rich.” She says society taught poor white people to divert blame onto people of color for their struggles instead of the real culprits — money-hungry billionaires, politicians and big businesses.
“We need to educate people and teach the people that I know and the people that they know that will join my group, Rednecks for Black Lives on Facebook. I'm trying to teach them all these little things that honestly, yeah, we probably should have known a lot of this stuff. There's a lot of people saying, like all lives matter and all this stuff and they don't understand what they're saying. They don't understand that the issue is not really even black and white.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
hereandnow Have you ever notice highlight stories about Liberals who defect after changing their views?🤔 MeNeither
hereandnow That is some self-serving rubbish. Why is Greg Reese for Black lives only as a redneck? & since when are redneck monolithic?. Why have Americans become so weak that they must jump onto the trending bandwagon?
hereandnow Was the confederate stuffed?
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hereandnow I am speechless that NPR would run a story allowing 'the other side' to speak, and in a truthful way that interupts the divisive race narrative promoted by mainstream media. He is correct, there is not a majorty secret white racist group in USA. WELL DONE WBUR A+
hereandnow Not naming names, but I am friends with someone who went through a similar conversion, growing up a firebrand Young Republican but who is now a rainbow-flag flying inclusive Democrat (still lives in the South though)
hereandnow Well done. There are many positive ways to celebrate the South.
hereandnow Was touched by this example of someone who recognized the need to re-examine, learn, change, and grow. And reached out to others and did the work.
hereandnow While I appreciate the sentiment behind the use of “redneck” here, it is still widely recognized as a derogatory term, and as such, hinders the work.
hereandnow This was really good. Hopeful-it made me hopeful.
hereandnow Very interesting.....thank you for the article and sharing Southern Xroads perspective
hereandnow I think you a word
hereandnow A confederate?
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