Fairness, by Robert

To me people are people and color or black doesn’t mean anything to me. I’m not sure why people are hateful toward seach other because of their race. I’m respectful to everybody and I judge people based on how well they treat me.

Rednecks, by Lindsey

 I think people think the wrong thing about rednecks. Not all of us are loud and obnoxious. I hate it when people judge us because of how we dress. With our cowboy boots, our rebel flag t-shirts, and our big belt buckles. I’m not racist, I’m just proud of where I came from. 

 I hate it when people think that the Rebel Flag is racist. I mean it’s history. Just because there’s a few people in the world who use it to mean something else doesn’t mean that everyone does. What’s the difference in other cultures wearing the flags they came from on their shirts and pants and everything else, and rednecks wearing them on their shirt?

My Opinion of the Term “Redneck,” by Kat

Many people have this idea that if you’re redneck you’re automatically racist. Well, that’s not true at all!! Just because we wear the rebel flag doesn’t mean we’re racist, and yes I say we because I will say, myself, I am a redneck and I am proud of it!! But that doesn’t mean I dislike any other race. Our flag is heritage not hate. And redneck just means you’re “country.”

When I think of redneck, I think of jacked up 4x4s with mud all over them, shotguns, huntin’, and boots, not being racist. I have a lot of friends that are not white, so obviously I ain’t racist. Saying automatically that rednecks are racist is like saying all people from Islam are terrorists and going to blow us up. Not all of them are and not all rednecks are racist!

I’m livin' proof of that: My best friend since I was little is Kris Watkins, and he is black. He’s like my brother because I don’t judge by color. Just because some rednecks are racist doesn’t mean we all should be labeled as so.