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The term white trash,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..................................>>>>>>>>>>>

The term white trash,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,..................................>>>>>>>>>>>

DAVID JOHNSON · Thursday, April 19th 2012 at 3:23PM · 1474 views
The term white trash first came into common use in the 1830s as a pejorative used by house slaves against poor whites. In 1833 Fanny Kemble, an English actress visiting Georgia, noted in her journal: "The slaves themselves entertain the very highest contempt for white servants, whom they designate as 'poor white trash'".[5][6]
In 1854, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the chapter "Poor White Trash" in her book A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin. Stowe tells the reader that slavery not only produces "degraded, miserable slaves", but also poor whites who are even more degraded and miserable. The plantation system forced those whites to struggle for subsistence. Beyond economic factors, Stowe traces this class to the shortage of schools and churches in their community, and says that both blacks and whites in the area look down on these "poor white trash".

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DAVID JOHNSON Thursday, April 19th 2012 at 4:07PM

A VISION OF WHITE TRASH ,,,ITS A BAD SITE TO SEE WHEN OUT IN PUBLIC ,,,AND THEY STINK LIKE ASS !

DAVID JOHNSON Friday, April 20th 2012 at 12:44AM

yea white feel like the are black ,,,,,because they live sise by side

DAVID JOHNSON Saturday, April 21st 2012 at 2:07PM

white trash

DAVID JOHNSON Monday, April 23rd 2012 at 9:01PM

"The slaves themselves entertain the very highest contempt for white servants, whom they designate as 'poor white trash'".[5][6]

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