[kj] OT: White trash

[Alexander Smith]

Okay then. PETER, YOU'RE WHITE TRASH!

Kidding.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 11, 2007, at 5:38 PM, Flight Bringer wrote:


> I have no problem with  the word "White" being used as a prefix for  

> any other word , I am White, I'm not ashamed of being White , so  

> why should I be bothered if people use the word White to reconfirm  

> the fact that I am White .

>      And if people want to call me "White trash" , then that is  

> their opinion and I believe that they should be allowed to air it .

>

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> > 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.

> >

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