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As an epithet, white trash, or the extended poor white trash, first came into common use in the 1830s. The Oxford English Dictionary identifies it in its earliest usage as an American pejorative used by the slaves of gentlemen against poor Caucasians who worked in the field. Some might argue that the term belongs to a category of insults focusing on behavioral characteristics (such as mannerisms, lifestyle) rather than overt racial characteristics (as with nigger, yid). The term is probably most used in the southeastern United States of America.
The nature of the term white trash, the people to whom it has been applied, and the motivation of people applying the term is studied in connection to racism and politics. In full historical context the term is difficult to define and any definition must be considered with respect to the context in which the epithet was applied. For example, the racial meaning of white has changed. 150 years ago immigrants from mediterranean Europe would not have been considered white. At present, the U.S. census would consider these same people, such as Italians and Italian Americans to be white.
Many people consider white trash to be a racist epithet displaying prejudice against whites. On the other hand, some argue that white trash is racist, not because it includes the word white, but because it implies that trashiness is the normal state for black people and thus when a white person is trashy it must be specified that the person is white.
It has been debated why there is no comparable term commonly used for other races, such as black trash or Latino trash. The suggestion is that it is a form of "reverse racism". In particular, the acceptance of the term white trash in everyday media is questioned when offensive words referring to another race, such as nigger, are shunned.
Related, but not necessarily equivalent, terms include Trailer park trash, redneckRedneck is a term for people the meaning of which has varied significantly in different times and places. Origins The word redneck originates from Scotland and refers to supporters of the National Covenant and The Solemn League and Covenant, otherwise kno, peckerwood , hickHick (or country hick is a derisive term for a person from a rural area. Popular etymology says the term derives from hickory, and first applied to rural school teachers who continued to punish their charges with hickory sticks long after progressive urba, crackerWhite cracker " or simply cracker " was originally a pejorative term for a white person mainly used by blacks in the Southern United States, a usage that is now somewhat archaic. With the huge influx of new residents from the North, the term is now also u and hillbillyOrigins The origin of the term Hillbilly an American nickname for mountain folk in the Ozarks and hill-country immigrants of Appalachia comes from the Scotch-Irish settlers of mainly Presbyterians origin who brought their traditional music with them.. In the United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a state in Western Europe, usually known simply as the United Kingdom the UK Britain or less accurately as Great Britain . The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the formerly the term chavChav Pikey and Townie as well as Bazza Charver Chavalier Chavster Dumbo Gazza Hood Rat Janner Kappa Slapper Kev Ned Ratboy Rudeboy Rudie Scally Schemie Scutter Shazza Skanger Spide Steek Stig and Yarco are all slang terms, usually derogatory, with similar is often used to describe a similar social grouping, while in AustraliaAustralia is the sixth-largest country in the world (geographically), the only one to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia. Australia includes the island of Tasmania, which is an Australian State. Its neighbouring count they are known as boganBogan is an derogatory Australian slang term for somebody who is perceived as being an unfashionable " lower-class" person, typically of British Isles ancestry and living in deprived urban areas. The term originated in Melbourne, and equivalent terms are:s.
Of these terms, white trash is probably the most extreme.
Compare: Nigger
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