poor white trash

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Meaning

(slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished

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I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington. Chuck Close

Anand Prahlad, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Folklore (2006) Volume 2, p. 966 As an example, slaves (when out of earshot of whites) would refer to harsh slave owners as a "low down" man, "lower than poor white trash," "a brute, really." Source: Internet

Beyond economic factors, Stowe traces this class to the shortage of schools and churches in their community, and says that both blacks and whites in the area look down on these "poor white trash". Source: Internet

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