tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post8815443368865032764..comments2023-04-13T10:08:40.738-06:00Comments on myblackfriendsays.com: Follow-up Fridaysmyblackfriendsayshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01058198176997510159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-83415380116388749182012-06-15T21:02:53.458-06:002012-06-15T21:02:53.458-06:00I have only lately come to realize that the term i...I have only lately come to realize that the term is racist, but like many others here, in my experience it's use was more in relation to lack of character and morals than lack of material goods. A clean, mannerly, morally upstanding person who also happened to be poor would not be called white trash.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06625526746032032681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-53068279101120942472009-05-09T20:18:00.000-06:002009-05-09T20:18:00.000-06:00I agree with your statement that calling someone w...I agree with your statement that calling someone white trash is unacceptable, but I disagree with the rest of your description. I'm more with Aaron-- it's used more often as a disapproval of behavior. Someone who chooses (or is assumed to choose) a life of no job, welfare, early and often pregnancy out of wedlock, drugs, alcoholism, beating their wife while wearing a wife beater, etc. is more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27481244.post-11388580527586634322009-05-09T12:11:00.000-06:002009-05-09T12:11:00.000-06:00Sorry for not picking up on the sarcasm... usually...Sorry for not picking up on the sarcasm... usually my sarcasm meter is spot-on, but sometimes written text can make things a bit difficult! I have heard the phrase, "sometimes you've gotta laugh to keep from crying", and it's definitely apart of my view on the world, because there is a lot of messed-up stuff going on today.<br /><br />"I think that if we could move past our pesky insecurites and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com