Redneck

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Redneck

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Redneck

The term for southerners came about because most who work in the fields wear clothing that provides a loose and open neck.  With the skin exposed to the sun's rays day after day, the neck area came to get a dark brownish-red color.  Because the American South has been, and continues to be, more agricultural than the North, the term has come to be associated with southerners.