White Trash

White Trash
 Racial slur referring to poor white people
 Most important location: Southern United States

White trash can also mean:

 Cracker (Regarding Florida and Georgia)

 Hillbilly (Regarding Appalachia)
 Okie (Regarding Oklahoma)
 Redneck
History
 House slaves referring to poor white
people.
 The term was used for the first time
in 1883.
 “Poor whites are even more
degraded and miserable than
slaves”.- Harriet Beecher (American
Abolitionist and author)
 White trash can be used as an attack
from black popular culture.
 White trash for white people,
niggers or niggas for black people.
General Information

 Language : English.
 Political configuration: Democracy based on two parties.
 Social configuration: based on color skin, socioeconomic level.
 Economic activities: Mainly enterprises, stock market and political groups.
 Education: Access to education, lack of core values, lack of sympathy .
Culture
 In rednecks families patriarchy is the most dominant social system, tend to
have more children than the average American rate. Making extended
family groups.
• They don't have that many social skills due to the lack of education
the members have. They center only on supporting other members of
the white community.
• They have the
typical gender roles
where the men do
the physical work
carry guns, binge
drink and carry
guns.
• The women stay in
home and raise the
children. They
respect the elder
of their own
families, but don't
care that much for
the other elders.
White trash repetition in literature through the years
Traditions
• The problem began when
Britain decided that the colonies
 Independence Day 4th of July needed to pay them taxes.
 Before independence, United states was United States didn´t agreed.
an extension of England
• During the course of the
American Revolution a second
 United States was called as Colonies. Continental Congress was
formed to persuade Britain to
recognize the colonies’ rights.

• United States fully adopted the

independence on July 4, 1776
Traditions of July 4th

 Parades

 Fireworks

 Flying the United States flag

 Festivals

 Eating Contests

 etc
Trump and his supporters
How did this happened?

 “Trump Won Super Tuesday Because America is Racist.” - Huffington Post

 Donald Trump’s supporters know exactly what he stands for: hatred of
immigrants, racial superiority, a sneering disregard of the basic civility that
binds a society
Where are they?
Bibliography

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB1olGZ08Do
 Frank, Thomas, 2016, The Guardian, https://
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/07/donald-trump-why-ameri
cans-support
 @. (2014). A Brief History of the 4th of July » Independence Day » Surfnetkids.
Retrieved September 19, 2016, from
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-of-july
/
 M. (2016). 4th Of July Traditions: Eight Ways Americans Celebrate
Independence. Retrieved September 19, 2016, from
http://www.inquisitr.com/830334/4th-of-july-traditions-eight-ways-americans
-celebrate-independence
/
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