Monday, August 10, 1998
On 'white trash'
Aug 10 1998
White Trash - (alt) A condescending term used by upper and middle-class citizens of the United States
I have almost always heard this phrase used by working-class people.
jane
[Following up]
Sorry, I posted too quickly. I agree that the term "white trash" is used to denigrate and distance. Maybe this has changed, but IME the only people who needed a term to distance themselves from "white trash" were other poor caucasians. By using the term, one states implicitly, "We may be poor, but we know better than to act as they are. We take education, manners, housekeeping, work, and child rearing seriously."
