# Rednecks is People Too!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rednecks-is-people-too/258347>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 4, 2004, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rednecks-is-people-too/258347 "2004-08-04T21:21:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rednecks-is-people-too/258347/21 "2004-08-06T06:50:47Z")

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But despite all that, Zoe, you had to go into witness protection…

Are you levelling with us?

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**Author:** ![zeldarae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f14d63/32.png) [@zeldarae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeldarae)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rednecks-is-people-too/258347/22 "2004-08-06T13:22:23Z")

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> [@Machetero](#):
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> Do a search on the origin of the word, and you will find that there are Cajuns that find offensive. Some won’t. And some will only be offended if used by a non-Cajun, epecially if, like the **original poster** here and in the Missouri thread, they use it as an intentional ethnic slur.

Bolding mine.

If you mean me, I **definately** do not mean it as an intentional ethnic slur. I am a coonass and rarely heard the word Cajun until tourism really starting kicking in during the 80’s. Why would I slur my own heritage?

If you did not mean me, then ignore my outrage. 😛

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rednecks-is-people-too/258347/23 "2004-08-07T04:18:16Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **roger thornhill** : But despite all that, Zoe, you had to go into witness protection…
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> Are you levelling with us?

Dammit. We own two guitars and eat grease sandwiches.

(sigh)

“My name is Zoe and I am a recovering redneck.”

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