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Originally Posted by Lin
I find the term 'white trash' offensive. Seems to be an American term . Seems to be used to discribe people who are poor like 'trailer trash' does.
It insinuates that if you're poor then you're automatically that way because you're lazy and thouroughly deserve to be where you are.
Can you not be poor and be an honest law abiding person?
Its a horrible term .
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Of course you can be poor and a law abiding person. Some poor people work two or three jobs just to keep going. The terms 'Trailer Trash' and 'White Trash', in my mind refer to the segment of poor or mobile home residents who are poor BECAUSE of their laziness, or criminal tendencies.
Plus calling these people white trash gives us other white folks the freedom to think we're not capable of it because we're not white "trash", were just white.
I'm not saying it's right to label anyone. These are just reasons that it happens. In this case I'm not offended because what they did was trashy no matter what color they are.
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