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Jun 23, 2016 · Why have they become symbols of a social class even lower than working class, enough that the expression “trailer trash” has a real sting to it – the equivalent of “poor white trash” in ...
White trash is a derogatory term in American English for poor white people, especially in the rural areas of the southern United States. The label signifies a social class inside the white population and especially a degraded standard of living.
Mar 23, 2015 · A leader well known for his bluntness, Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew issued a warning in 1980 that Australia was in danger of becoming the "white trash" of Asia.
Aug 5, 2016 · The Breakdown. ‘White Trash’ — The Original Underclass. Waste people. Rubbish. Clay-eaters. Hillbillies. Two new books that reckon with the long, bleak history of the country’s white poor...
Dec 28, 2015 · Tracy Hart, a water resource economist in Washington, D.C., submitted six words to The Race Card Project: Yes, I'm tobacco-pickin' white trash. In submitting her words and photo, she says...
Jul 18, 2016 · In “White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America” (Viking), the historian Nancy Isenberg describes Bryan in this photograph as “the face of white trash,” a ready-made contrast to...
This article examines the uses of the term `White Trash', as a descriptor for identifiable sectors in the United States and Australia. Through consideration of those sectors' history, status and cu...
