"Whirled Peas" > wrote in message
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> On 12/27/2015 06:46 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> I don't really know what a 'white trash <whatever>' is. Does it mean
>> from white people? Are only white people 'trash'?
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> Just by chance, there was a segment about "White Trash" people this
> morning on our public radio network, NPR. You can listen to the program or
> read the transcript he
>
> <http://www.npr.org/2015/12/28/456350609/6-words-yes-im-tobacco-pickin-white-trash>
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> Take a little while to read some of the listeners' comments (at the end).

I didn't listen but I did read the transcript and the comments.

I found that very interesting. The descriptions of 'white trash' I saw here
certainly don't apply to that lady!

"Hart is a water resource economist at the World Bank in an intellectually
elite environment"

"She's a trained opera singer and went to school at U.C. Berkeley. She lived
overseas for several years and she says that she speaks 10 different
languages."

I can only guess that everyone has their own opinion of what constitutes
'white trash'!

Thank you for posting that. It was most enlightening

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