Redneck joke

A redneck joke is a joke about rednecks—working-class, rural or southern white Americans.[1] For example,[2]

A genie comes upon an African-American, a Jew and a redneck. He grants each a wish. The African-American wishes that his people be returned to Africa; the Jew that his people be returned to Israel. Once the redneck realises that all the blacks and Jews have left America, he wishes for a beer.

These jokes are a form of classism. Jeff Foxworthy is a comedian that specializes in telling redneck jokes.[3] For example:

  • "If you've ever cut your grass and found a car, you might be a redneck."
  • "If you've ever been too drunk to fish, you might be a redneck."
  • "If you've ever made change in the offering plate ... guilty ... you might be a redneck."

See also

References
  1. J Beech (2004), "Redneck and hillbilly discourse in the writing classroom: Classifying critical pedagogies of whiteness", College English, 67 (2): 172–186, doi:10.2307/4140716, JSTOR 4140716
  2. Jerrold Levinson (2005), The Oxford handbook of aesthetics, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-927945-6
  3. Melvin Haack (2009-08-20), Redneck Jokes as a Subcultural Phenomenon (PDF), Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
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