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[]
- ^ 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
- ^ Jerrold Levinson (2005), The Oxford handbook of aesthetics, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-927945-6
- ^ Melvin Haack (2009-08-20), Redneck Jokes as a Subcultural Phenomenon (PDF), Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
Categories:
- Appalachian culture
- Appalachian society
- Culture of the Southern United States
- Ethnic humour
- Joke cycles
- Ozarks
- Stereotypes of rural people
- Stereotypes of the working class
- Stereotypes of white Americans
- Comedy stubs