due to their poverty which is a scarlet letter among middle to upper class whites. Black people did not coin "Poor white TRASH"England shipped off it's white poorThe colonies made them indentured servants and overseers Took advantage of them during the revolutionary war (they were still poor even after the crown conceded) America conscripted them for the Civil WarMutilated and abused them during the Industrial Revolution betrayed them during the crash of 1929 and subsequent depressionDrafted them for Vietnam Scammed them during the housing crash Ultimately this will prove to be a finite pattern of behavior. One way or the other IMO