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5 de ago. de 2016 · Even the economic changes of the past few decades do very little to explain the dysfunction and negligence—and the incomprehensible malice—of poor white America.
16 de ago. de 2016 · In “White Trash,” Nancy Isenberg delves into the history of class in America, starting with British colonization. At that time, America was seen as a wasteland -- a place to discard the...
15 de jul. de 2016 · America laughed at their uncultured ways. It is laughing still. But its objects of derision, the “po white trash”, have a way of getting their own back.
23 de ago. de 2016 · White trash, trailer trash, rednecks, hillbillies, squatters, crackers, goobers, bubbas — all the names for these people are insulting.
“White trash? What did you just call me? Not Quite White provides the best social history of America’s most quizzical moniker in the racial-class system. From its colonial origins to the era of eugenics to the public health campaign to eradicate hookworm in the South, Matt Wray’s careful analysis documents the roots of this label, showing ...
Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America. New Haven, Conn.: ... Eugenics vs. Poor White Trash: The Great Pellagra Cover-Up.” ... The White Scourge: Mexicans, Blacks, and Poor Whites in Texas Cotton Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press.
As noted, " since at least the 1970s, "hillbilly," "red neck," "cracker," and, more recently. ,even "poor white trash" have all been, reappropriated by some working-class and lower-middle-class whites as badges of class and racial identity and pride.
