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PimpTrickGangstaClik
Member since Oct 06th 2005
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Wed Aug-01-18 04:47 PM

"The term "poor white trash""

I've always had issues with this. This article sums them up nicely.

What do you think of the term? Problematic?

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/08/01/605084163/why-its-still-ok-to-trash-poor-white-people

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The term "poor white trash" [View all] , PimpTrickGangstaClik, Wed Aug-01-18 04:47 PM

Subject	Author	Message Date	ID
This link title sums it up for me	legsdiamond	Aug 01st 2018	1
they earned it these last few years.	Reeq	Aug 01st 2018	2
Very classist	afrogirl_lost	Aug 01st 2018	3
What class of yt folks hasn't proven to be racist over generations tho?	Boogie Stimuli	Aug 02nd 2018	12
Obviously...	afrogirl_lost	Aug 02nd 2018	14
Only problem I have with it is other (usually wealthier) whites using it...	Marauder21	Aug 01st 2018	4
This passage reflects my problem with it...	Marbles	Aug 02nd 2018	5
WPP	ambient1	Aug 02nd 2018	6
pretty much.	Reeq	Aug 02nd 2018	10
RE: WPP	bluetiger	Aug 03rd 2018	15
that part	kingjerm78	Aug 03rd 2018	16
most of them voted for 45 so fuck'em	ThaTruth	Aug 02nd 2018	7
RE: The term "poor white trash"	double 0	Aug 02nd 2018	8
I never liked the implication that trash and white are opposite.	Teknontheou	Aug 02nd 2018	9
non-constructive class consciousness	Dr Claw	Aug 02nd 2018	11
those are the exact 45 cultists that can't be reasoned with	bluetiger	Aug 03rd 2018	17
I like most of the 2nd half of the article but not the 1st half.	Boogie Stimuli	Aug 02nd 2018	13

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