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The Redneck Manifesto (Hardcover)

by Goad (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (26 May 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684831139
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684831138
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 15 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,946,058 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Explores the mind and soul of one of society's favorite punch lines, exposing the truth about this very human group of people who have been scorned and insulted enough and are tired of being dubbed "white trash".

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A shockingly good read!, 19 Aug 1998
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This review is from: The Redneck Manifesto (Paperback)
As a black man married to a white woman in a southern state, I found Goad's book to be interesting. For years, many people in this country have been talking about class vs. race. It is about time someone put these thoughts in the form of a book. Reading this book, you can truly feel the author's anger and rage at the raw deal that his ancestors recieved when they came to these shores.

Most white Americans (of anglo/Irish/scottish descent) have no idea that the majority of their forebears came here as transportees, also known as convicts. After all, why would Britain transport convicts to Austrailia when the Americas were so darned close?

This book is a good read for anyone that needs a historical reality check.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars now I know what was always bugging me about this issue, 8 May 1998
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This book is anti-racist. There's a catch: Goad doesn't like racism against whites any better than he likes it when directed at anyone else. In US society that's often not exactly what people mean when they mention the word 'racism'.

There is a lot of shock value. I, like many people, am conditioned to despise racial slurs. Yet racial slurs against one group are tolerated, on the assumption that all white males are somehow in league to keep everyone else squashed. Goad's use of racially offensive terms serves his purpose: to make clear to people that 'redneck' and 'cracker' are as offensive as 'nigger' or 'greaser'.

Hopefully people will gather not only the above from Goad's book, but furthermore the notion that strife between poor 'people of colour' and poor whites is to the detriment of both and to the benefit of corporate interests that do not wish to be challenged. You want to imagine a scenario that would scare the CEOs of the USA into brown underwear mode? Imagine if poor and disadvantaged people of all colours stopped throwing bricks at one another and identified their real enemies. As Orwell said, 'if there is hope, it lies in the proles.' _Redneck Manifesto_ makes a very good case for an end to racism--against anyone--so that the wasted energy can be focused on the general good.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book in search of good editor, 2 Jun 1999
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Goad brings out a number of good points about the real basis of American history--class and money. His idea that race is the wedge issue used to divide and conquer the poor is not original, but hey? It's still works. Just ask Slobodan. Unfortunately, Goad gets a bit carried away with his own prose at times. This book could have been a hard little gem, with a good editor.
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5.0 out of 5 stars trailer trash
This is an excellent read, very informative and amusing. Every British person should read it because Britain will be like this in 5 years
Published 2 months ago by A. Robertson

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard hitting & hilarious
Jim Goad takes you through American history in defence of the white working class ,he really knows his stuff and exposes alot of hippocracy. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sawney Beane

5.0 out of 5 stars He's angry and he has good reason.
Under the vitriole and inflamatory rhetoric, the author gets his point across: that it is "politically correct" to disparage the people collectively known as... Read more
Published on 25 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Righteous
Goad kicks, stomps, beats, smothers, slashes, hacks and bludgeons middle class America's pre-conceived notions about the white working class. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars He's right, and wrong, but mostly right.
Goad makes some very good points in his diatribe against classism. Points that I've been making for decades, in fact. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars I saw my family in his book
Not long ago, I realized that although I live in a Northeastern metropolis, my late grandmother would be considered white trash because A. she was poor, B. Read more
Published on 29 May 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Shocking - With Footnotes
This book isn't PC AND it's fair. Jim Goad has seriously done his homework and I very much recommend this to the intellectual reader. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Shocking - With Footnotes
This book isn't PC AND it's fair. Jim Goad has seriously done his homework and I very much recommend this to the intellectual reader. Read more
Published on 5 Feb 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Right, then Wrong...
Goad reveals wonderfully suppressed truths and insights about the American experience. Gives all the modern taboos what for. Read more
Published on 28 Dec 1998

1.0 out of 5 stars He misses the point
Sure, there is bigotry everywhere and poor whites are definitely subjected to ridicule. However, Goad misses the point. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 1998

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