Zone1 What Is Meant When a White Person Calls Another White Person "White Trash"?

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

It says "I'm better than you".

 

[BackAgain]

It always struck me as being implicitly racist. But, then again, I’ve never asked.

 

[Rocko]

Soft racism

 

[Lastamender]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

Isn't that a foolish question? Why even ask it?

 

[AZrailwhale]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

White trash are whites who have no self-respect and act like trash. Low-life scum in other words.

 

[Canon Shooter]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

Wow, good question.

I'm a native New Yorker. I left there in 1981 when I joined the Navy. I pretty much spent the next 30 years in San Diego. After losing my wife to a drunk driver I relocated myself and my business to Florida.

I honestly don't believe that I'd experienced "white trash" until I moved to Florida.

For me, anyone who has more tattoos than teeth is white trash. Anyone who doesn't put their family first is white trash.

When it comes to men, someone who cares more about his pick-up than his family is white trash. Someone who doesn't have a job, while his wife has three, is white trash. I've got a buddy who's got no job, a couple side-hustles, and a $40,000 Harley in his driveway. He's a nice guy, but he's most definitely white trash.

For women, someone who has babies just to get more gub'mint assistance is white trash. Someone who sleeps around in the hopes of getting pregnant so she can have more babies to get the aforementioned gub'mint assistance is white trash. Someone who smokes a cigarette while breastfeeding her baby or driving in a car with a child is white trash. Anyone who serves the kids a steady diet of Hot Pockets and Bagel Bites is white trash.

Honestly, I never really thought about it much...

 

[Papageorgio]

A white person without class, that is foul mouthed, acts uneducated and is just looking for trouble.

 

[okfine]

Typical trash talk at the white trash trailer park community meeting.

 

[gtopa1]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

White Demokkkrats.

Greg

 

[fncceo]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

That's pretty much it. Although, socio-economic status is primary. Synonyms for "Whiskey Tango" include (but are not limited to), "Trailer-Trash", "Redneck", Hillbilly", "Hick", "Clod-Hopper", "Bumpkin", "Hayseed".

 

[DGS49]

"White trash" is a description of a Caucasian person or family that utterly rejects middle-class values. They disdain education, work, cleanliness, sanitation, monogamous marriage, proper use of language, and dental care. They usually reside in a decrepit mobile home that is "decorated" with pizza boxes, beer bottles or cans, and their primary vehicle is a pickup truck that is worth more than the trailer in which they reside. Males invariably have a police record of petty crime and domestic strife.

Hey, wait a second! I"m describing MYSELF!

 

[BackAgain]

I know what it means when a white person calls a black person a “******” (ie, the “N”’word). So, the (maybe) corollary question to the OP question is

What does it mean when a black man calls another black man a “n*****”?

 

[westwall]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

Rednecks are fine. White trash is not. Has nothing to do with class, or education. Has everything to do with how they live their lives.

 

[MarathonMike]

I've always assumed that the admonishment had to do with "class" or lack thereof and I'm not referring strictly to social-economic "class".

This is a sincere inquiry because there are certain inferences that can be drawn but since I'm not White I can't really say with any certainty.

It is usually a combination of socio-economic status as well as a "lack of class". For example you might be White and live in a trailer, but that is different than being deemed White trailer trash.

 

[skye]

Isn't that a foolish question? Why even ask it?

Yes, it's an odd question indeed.

 

[White 6]

White trash are whites who have no self-respect and act like trash. Low-life scum in other words.

 

[Unkotare]

Two middle-aged + women screaming expletives and fighting each other in the middle of a grocery store.

 

[Zincwarrior]

It means that person is a low class slack jawed Confederate flag wearing piece of shit with no education and no prospects.

 

[Lastamender]

Oh my!

What a lovely anti-white thread! LOL

Doesn't get better than this

OP is a genius, he did it all in such a subtle way.

Off to Conspiracy theories.