Tag: Scots-Irish
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Writers should stop using ‘redneck’ as an ethnic slur, and probably won’t.
Historically dominated by white men, science fiction in recent decades have seen increasing representation from women and minorities. But the term “redneck,” alongside other slurs, reflects societal biases and stereotypes against immigrant redneck culture. The biases are rooted in American upper class snobbishness against Scots-Irish immigrants.