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Why do people call others "white trash?" I recently discovered this term. (hexbear.net)
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For me, it's occasionally coming up when I listen to comedians. A year back I also heard a story about a white person who grew up poor, became financially stable with a good job, and then punched down and started calling other white people "white trash."

To me it's obvious this is poor-shaming. But I have a feeling it's far more complex than that. I'm not even white and I feel degraded whenever I come across those words. I barely know what it means, but it breaks my heart anyways to hear.

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[โ€“] ratboy@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Eh, not completley true. My extremely abusive ex used to call me and my family white trash specifically to cause me harm

[โ€“] wolfinthewoods@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh it is definitely used as a slur against people who are just poor and struggling, but there are also the types I talked about that give poor people a bad name and are just unsavory people that are disgusting individuals and don't care that they're disrepectful and gross, in fact they revel in it.