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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:50 AM Original message |
Poll question: What does the phrase "White Trash" mean? Is it racist? Against whom? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. Britney Spears and Jerry Springer Fans |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. So you're telling me that's who's voing right now or |
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usaftmo (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
35. That's mean. |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
72. Thank You |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, I'm amazed at the initial response. |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The initial response of 4 votes? At 2:00AM Eastern on a Sunday morning? |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. A Literary Explanation |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I like your definition. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I inquire about the modern usage. Incidents can be found in threads on page one. |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Still Means the Same, Doesn't It? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
28. It means that whomever uses the term, uses it to make themselves feel better about themselves. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Yep. My family lives in a trailer, but we are in no way "trash". |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Yours is a very intelligencia definition and pretty much spot on... |
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rwenos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. "Blissful Ignorance" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. When I was eight years old and still learning English and |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
55. Also, Jeeter Lester's family in Caldwell's "Tobacco Road"... |
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Harper_is_Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
4. It's racist if you believe there's a "white race". |
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Zueda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. The first 7 years of my life were in a trailer park... |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
5. You are confusing two different sayings into one |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. And you are the reason why I wondered if I should have kept it simpler |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. My response is the same as Zalinda's. |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Of course it is, and if you read the OP you would understand that I have not |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Well, thank you for calling me stupid n/t |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. You assumed I was confused, I assumed you were in a hurry, not stupid. |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
21. that's a funny sort of definition |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
45. Yeah, white people are the only ones that |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. You may have misunderstood me. |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. The plain simple truth is that everyone wants to think |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:23 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. What I've found |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
66. My 2 cents, and probably not worth even that. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:05 AM Response to Original message |
8. I am not entirely sure myself |
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justgamma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
13. This will explain it! |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. Other |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. How about "white" as a shorthand for good - in contrast to "not white"? |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Changed my reply |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. . |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. It's racist against people of color |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. I think you are right. I grew up in segregated Texas and that's the overtone I always |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
69. Wow |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. Hey, I'm a member of the shit-head tribe, and we are now racists! LOL |
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Obamarama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
25. I tend to frown upon names that refer to others as "trash".... |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. you say |
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rAVES (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. Republicans |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. Wikipedia seems to have a handle on it.. |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. When exactly did we become white trash? |
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fiveleafclover (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:41 AM Response to Original message |
31. There's a new kind of white trash |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. Other |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
34. The meanings and use of terms evolve over time, still a broadbrush putdown |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
36. It's more classist than racist. n/t |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 07:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. "racist?" There is but one race! |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. Let's flip it and use that very much used "poor black trash" |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. This is a very interesting discussion. First, since I grew up in FLA |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
40. wasn't "White Trash" a term originally coined by middle class blacks? |
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Smith_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. I like to use the term "trailerpark trash" instead. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's the "n" word for white people |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's meant to identify poor white people |
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AllieB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's classist more than anything. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
47. Trailer trash ...white trash ...redneck ...pretty much the same thing imo. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I don't think redneck is in that same company. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #47 |
64. Well, there are nuances. |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. So is this another term the PC police forbid? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Those pc police sure are annoying, aren't they? |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. It's only racist if used by non-whites. n/t |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. I don't know if it's racist, but it shows a lot of bigotry against |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
56. buttered or plain? |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
57. Well, since I know the joke and why you put up these posts ... I'm not going to answer Hydid |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. or maybe he's already employed n/t |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
59. I never viewed that as a racist comment, but I looked it up. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. I use the term in reference to white trash sensibilities or aesthetics... |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
68. "Poor" White Trash |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
70. Read "Bastard out of Carolina" by Dorothy Allison |
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easttexaslefty (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
71. I live in remodeled mobile home |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
73. It depends entirely on the context. -n/t |
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