Reply #27: AMEN brainshrub [View All]

[ikojo]

There definitely is a class bias in activist politics (not just on DU but among many white activists, including environmentalists). People who would NEVER EVER utter the "N" word do not hesitate to use the following:

--trailer trash
--white trash
--hillbilly (a euphemism IMHO for white trash)

I guess the above people's crime is being born poor and white, because we all know white people aren't supposed to be poor and if they are then it's their fault for not pulling themselves up by their bootstraps and getting that Ivy League education <sarcasm off.>

I grew up in a poor family (mom never made more than $5.00 per hour when I was growing up) and I know what it is to be called white trash.