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Sun Dec-16-07 12:22 PM
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| 55. Also, Jeeter Lester's family in Caldwell's "Tobacco Road"... |
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or Faulkner's Snopes family
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| -What does the phrase "White Trash" mean? Is it racist? Against whom? |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 12:50 AM |
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Britney Spears and Jerry Springer Fans |
proud patriot |
Dec-16-07 12:56 AM |
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So you're telling me that's who's voing right now or |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 01:16 AM |
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That's mean. |
usaftmo |
Dec-16-07 04:48 AM |
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Thank You |
proud patriot |
Dec-16-07 05:49 PM |
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Wow, I'm amazed at the initial response. |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 12:58 AM |
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The initial response of 4 votes? At 2:00AM Eastern on a Sunday morning? |
Captain Angry |
Dec-16-07 01:06 AM |
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A Literary Explanation |
rwenos |
Dec-16-07 12:58 AM |
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I like your definition. |
emilyg |
Dec-16-07 01:02 AM |
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I inquire about the modern usage. Incidents can be found in threads on page one. |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 01:03 AM |
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Still Means the Same, Doesn't It? |
rwenos |
Dec-16-07 01:10 AM |
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It means that whomever uses the term, uses it to make themselves feel better about themselves. |
Breeze54 |
Dec-16-07 02:07 AM |
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Yep. My family lives in a trailer, but we are in no way "trash". |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-16-07 12:43 PM |
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Yours is a very intelligencia definition and pretty much spot on... |
K Gardner |
Dec-16-07 01:28 AM |
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"Blissful Ignorance" |
rwenos |
Dec-16-07 01:49 AM |
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When I was eight years old and still learning English and |
Cleita |
Dec-16-07 12:12 PM |
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Also, Jeeter Lester's family in Caldwell's "Tobacco Road"... |
mitchum |
Dec-16-07 12:22 PM |
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It's racist if you believe there's a "white race". |
Harper_is_Bush |
Dec-16-07 12:59 AM |
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The first 7 years of my life were in a trailer park... |
Zueda |
Dec-16-07 01:18 AM |
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You are confusing two different sayings into one |
zalinda |
Dec-16-07 01:02 AM |
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And you are the reason why I wondered if I should have kept it simpler |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 01:11 AM |
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My response is the same as Zalinda's. |
NCevilDUer |
Dec-16-07 01:43 AM |
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Of course it is, and if you read the OP you would understand that I have not |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 02:57 AM |
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Well, thank you for calling me stupid n/t |
zalinda |
Dec-16-07 11:34 AM |
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You assumed I was confused, I assumed you were in a hurry, not stupid. |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 12:20 PM |
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that's a funny sort of definition |
lwfern |
Dec-16-07 01:39 AM |
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Yeah, white people are the only ones that |
zalinda |
Dec-16-07 11:38 AM |
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You may have misunderstood me. |
lwfern |
Dec-16-07 12:38 PM |
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The plain simple truth is that everyone wants to think |
zalinda |
Dec-16-07 02:38 PM |
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What I've found |
lwfern |
Dec-16-07 03:23 PM |
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My 2 cents, and probably not worth even that. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Dec-16-07 03:33 PM |
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I am not entirely sure myself |
Mojorabbit |
Dec-16-07 01:05 AM |
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This will explain it! |
justgamma |
Dec-16-07 01:17 AM |
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Other |
magellan |
Dec-16-07 01:25 AM |
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How about "white" as a shorthand for good - in contrast to "not white"? |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 01:31 AM |
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Changed my reply |
magellan |
Dec-16-07 01:38 AM |
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. |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 01:40 AM |
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It's racist against people of color |
lwfern |
Dec-16-07 01:35 AM |
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I think you are right. I grew up in segregated Texas and that's the overtone I always |
CTyankee |
Dec-16-07 12:18 PM |
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Wow |
loyalsister |
Dec-16-07 04:17 PM |
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Hey, I'm a member of the shit-head tribe, and we are now racists! LOL |
L. Coyote |
Dec-16-07 01:37 AM |
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I tend to frown upon names that refer to others as "trash".... |
KzooDem |
Dec-16-07 01:54 AM |
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you say |
Hoof Hearted |
Dec-16-07 04:26 AM |
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Republicans |
rAVES |
Dec-16-07 02:01 AM |
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Wikipedia seems to have a handle on it.. |
krispos42 |
Dec-16-07 02:04 AM |
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When exactly did we become white trash? |
asteroid2003QQ47 |
Dec-16-07 02:54 AM |
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There's a new kind of white trash |
fiveleafclover |
Dec-16-07 03:41 AM |
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Other |
blogslut |
Dec-16-07 04:19 AM |
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The meanings and use of terms evolve over time, still a broadbrush putdown |
Bongo Prophet |
Dec-16-07 04:41 AM |
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It's more classist than racist. n/t |
HeeBGBz |
Dec-16-07 04:57 AM |
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"racist?" There is but one race! |
asteroid2003QQ47 |
Dec-16-07 06:09 AM |
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Let's flip it and use that very much used "poor black trash" |
Toots |
Dec-16-07 07:49 AM |
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This is a very interesting discussion. First, since I grew up in FLA |
Nay |
Dec-16-07 11:09 AM |
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wasn't "White Trash" a term originally coined by middle class blacks? |
alphafemale |
Dec-16-07 11:16 AM |
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I like to use the term "trailerpark trash" instead. |
Smith_3 |
Dec-16-07 11:18 AM |
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It's the "n" word for white people |
DemGa |
Dec-16-07 11:21 AM |
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It's meant to identify poor white people |
treestar |
Dec-16-07 11:30 AM |
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It's classist more than anything. |
AllieB |
Dec-16-07 11:40 AM |
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Trailer trash ...white trash ...redneck ...pretty much the same thing imo. |
L0oniX |
Dec-16-07 11:40 AM |
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I don't think redneck is in that same company. |
Cleita |
Dec-16-07 12:15 PM |
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Well, there are nuances. |
knitter4democracy |
Dec-16-07 02:53 PM |
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So is this another term the PC police forbid? |
Beelzebud |
Dec-16-07 11:41 AM |
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Those pc police sure are annoying, aren't they? |
lwfern |
Dec-16-07 03:44 PM |
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It's only racist if used by non-whites. n/t |
tuckessee |
Dec-16-07 11:49 AM |
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I don't know if it's racist, but it shows a lot of bigotry against |
Cleita |
Dec-16-07 12:03 PM |
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buttered or plain? |
SoCalDem |
Dec-16-07 12:26 PM |
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Well, since I know the joke and why you put up these posts ... I'm not going to answer Hydid |
blm |
Dec-16-07 12:27 PM |
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or maybe he's already employed n/t |
OzarkDem |
Dec-16-07 12:28 PM |
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I never viewed that as a racist comment, but I looked it up. |
napi21 |
Dec-16-07 12:32 PM |
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I use the term in reference to white trash sensibilities or aesthetics... |
mitchum |
Dec-16-07 12:34 PM |
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"Poor" White Trash |
zorahopkins |
Dec-16-07 03:47 PM |
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Read "Bastard out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison |
TalkingDog |
Dec-16-07 04:41 PM |
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I live in remodeled mobile home |
easttexaslefty |
Dec-16-07 05:42 PM |
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It depends entirely on the context. -n/t |
porphyrian |
Dec-16-07 05:51 PM |
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