[kj] OT: White trash

[cliffmonka at alaska.net]

nah maybe more of a beige pinkish cracker,haha


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> 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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