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What is white trash?

Posted - November 17, 2023

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  • 10766
    The term has come to mean different things to different people, as evidenced by this clip. However, during the time I lived in rural Mississippi many years ago, it was used as a derogatory and racist slur. It was presumed that non-whites were trash by default, so only trashy people who did not live or behave in a way befitting their superiority as whites, needed a racial identifier. 
      November 17, 2023 4:55 PM MST
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  • 13277
    That wouldn’t surprise me among the white trash in a place like rural Mississippi.
      November 18, 2023 1:33 PM MST
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  • 10766
    I have no idea what you mean.
      November 18, 2023 4:58 PM MST
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  • 13277
    Rural Mississippi being, or at least perceived as being, an area with low levels of education and correspondingly high levels of poverty, prejudice, and racism.

    It’s renowned for the assassination of the two Jewish kids and one black kid in June 1964.
      November 19, 2023 9:33 AM MST
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  • 10766
    Yes, but on the other hand, most people I encountered put a high value on good manners and respect for others. Mississippi is not as backward as Northerners might assume. That said, at least during my time there, racism and antisemitism were a fact of life.
      November 19, 2023 11:01 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Exactly my point.
      November 19, 2023 12:26 PM MST
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  • 10766
    I still don't know your point,  but I also don't really care.
      November 19, 2023 2:19 PM MST
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  • 13277
    That racism et al is a fact of life in certain places.
      November 19, 2023 2:42 PM MST
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  • 10766
    I thought maybe you were implying that poverty, racism, and low levels of education was the definition of white trash. While that may be your definition, it is not mine. The term has such racist connotations to me, that I do not use it or find it amusing.
      November 19, 2023 5:01 PM MST
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  • 13277
    That’s nice. I just posted the question because of the funny video.
      November 19, 2023 5:54 PM MST
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  • 33875
    Do you not see the irony in your posts here? 
      November 19, 2023 12:33 PM MST
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  • 3493
    Maybe it's me, but I don't find him that funny.  Certainly not in a league with Robin Williams, George Carlin or Sebastian Maniscalco. 
      November 18, 2023 8:09 AM MST
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  • 13277
    The first two are famous, but the third not so much.
      November 18, 2023 8:56 AM MST
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  • 3493
    Maniscalco is more likely to resonate with New York/New Jersians.  
      November 18, 2023 9:37 AM MST
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  • 13277
    I’ve lived in NY for most of my life but never heard of him.
      November 18, 2023 1:34 PM MST
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  • 3493
      November 19, 2023 9:51 AM MST
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  • 10766
    Jim Gaffigan is one of my favorites, but I never really enjoyed Robin Williams. As for Carlin and Maniscalo, I  find them entertaining,  but they're not in my top 10. Just goes to show how individualized humor can be.
      November 18, 2023 9:26 AM MST
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  • 3493
    Funny that we have such opposing views on comedy and many of the same when it comes to politics. :)
      November 18, 2023 9:36 AM MST
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  • 13277
    I’m not sure why the two subjects need be connected.
      November 18, 2023 1:32 PM MST
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  • 10052
    I loved Robin Williams most as a funny serious actor. Not a big fan of his stand up or the Mork & Mindy type stuff. 

    I enjoy Gaffigan a lot. 
      November 18, 2023 4:17 PM MST
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  • 10766
    I agree about Robin Williams as an actor.  I also realize I prefer comics who are laid back as opposed to high energy.
      November 18, 2023 5:06 PM MST
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  • 17570
    I'm sure yours and mine do not look alike.
      November 18, 2023 9:01 AM MST
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  • 1493
    Don't knock it if you haven't worn it.
      November 18, 2023 12:09 PM MST
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  • 33875
    Trashy is that you? Lol
      November 18, 2023 1:05 PM MST
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