[kj] OT: White trash

[melinda grant]

HI BRENDAN MATE,
 
thanks alot for replying a suprise as i was not exspecting a reply until tomorrow ;) anyways,concer4ning this debate,or topic thread,i found it interesting and that was why i contributed a kinda view point from every sides,i was not offended at all,it was a fare topic and a chance for anyone to put there view points,thats great if they wish to,but they dont have to......   i had  an open minded out look with my post,and the only people i dissed were the press,as they can be guilty of or judgemental at times of pigion wholing people into catorgoryslike they accussed britney spears of beeing--cheap white trailer trash/and melanie brown--as beeing cheap black trash--i dont agree with the press half the time,but in those cercumstances i think its used tounge in cheek/same as in lyrics--well some times...  :)this may be my last em for who knows how long,if you dont hear from me tomorrow,then theres something major going on--ive proberly dissapeared--hope not--i pray not,but--some times a person does not have full control over there life ;(  i think i will have to trust,or what else is there...     melinda
 
 
thats basically 80 percent of what i put in my post to you-----i did send it ti the list,as i was answering your post/and angry tom hanks as well> Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:01:23 +1300> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: [kj] OT: White trash> > Hi Mel,> > I blitzed through your email quickly before work this morning...downloaded> it on my PC at home so I don't have it in front of me at work now> unfortunately...(I have to use this shitty webmail interface)...> > I have never heard the term black trash used...I suppose my point was that> you get away with 'white trash' but I've never heard 'black' or 'yellow'> trash for instance. It seems to me that 'white trash' is something that> has snuck into the popular vernacular under the radar, without the> politically correct brigade pouncing on it. Perhaps they have but I didn't> bother Googling it yet :) But regardless of any ivory tower debate about> it, I hear the term all the time and it seems to be used without a real> understanding of the racist undertones. Often it's used> self-deprecatingly...> > Anyway i just thought it would be a point of discussion. I'd never> consider calling anyone 'black trash' although I have used the term 'white> trash', until that is I had a think about it.> > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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