Questions for Americans

[harristate]

Nope, it's not racial at all my friend.. Its economic profiling.. And actually some folks are proud to be considered 'rednecks'.. it's not usually considered a slur at all.. it denotes people that work hard in the out of doors and get a 'red neck' from being in the sun.
Like people that farm or ranch, or maybe work in forests cutting down trees (lumber jacks).. I don't think it is racial at all.
White trash is also not racial.. its economic.
And that is not a term that people would embrace as they would the term 'redneck'... There are many poor whites that live in poor areas, usually in the Southern USA but in other parts as well. They usually suffer from poor education, but many are church going folk that live as good a life as they can. But poor people don't usually get the educational opportunities if they live in a poor community or if they are kids they may not have had the benefit of a two parent family.. Sometimes drugs are involved with the parent raising the kids, so the kids grow up without much guidance and they have a very tough chance at succeeding in life.
It's not racial man.
I do not know where you live or where you are from. All things in the USA are not racial despite what some folks may have you believe (i.e Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Louis Farakhan)...I believe that 95% of Americans are truly fair or try to be on racial terms. There are some pinheads to be sure.. and sometimes religion plays a role.. But I'd rather live there than anyplace that has to deal with the Taliban or the extremists in Pakistan or Iran or many other places.

Very good summary. I agree.