White Trash In America
Karly Mathias Professor Parker
History 131
5 December 2016
White Trash.
The 400-Year Untold History of Class In America.
After typing “white trash” into the search engine, Google provided an informal and derogatory definition; “Poor white people, especially those living in the southern U.S. White trash.” No class or respect for the poor , who have earned more than one term to describe their lifestyle. Nancy Isenberg, author of “White Trash” explores the years where labeling the less fortunate was acceptable. Regardless of how dehumanizing, and disrespectful these terms became America remained known for their “American Dream”. The country that was perfect in its way, and did no wrong. The country who became free, after the revolution. In …show more content…
She later describes this novel characters , The Ewells, as “America’s purest example of white trash.” These characters wear ragged clothing and have obtained very poor education. In the 1960’s a show aired known as Beverly Hillbillies . Depicting the low working class, this show was both degrading and insulting. The actors and actresses took the image of “hillbillies”. From there they became unintelligent, poor, ugly, unsanitary, and lonely. They had little friends and stuck to themselves. This show shows what Americans believe hillbillies to be. Leaving no credit to the working class, this allowed yet another stereotype to arise. That the working class were nothing more than dumb hicks. Even today we have a society who find amusement in “white trash” TLC aired a show named Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. The popular series takes viewers through the everyday life of a family who is easily labeled trailer trash. They spend their time getting dirty, having no hygiene, and speaking with a southern accent and poor language. All three forms of entertainment are examples of how Americans view “white trash” or the lower …show more content…
The thought that no matter what there are poor people, just as there is always going to be the rich. In order to fully grasp this concept it is important to remember don't classify these individuals. The rich and the poor were both created by the same man,(God) with intentions to be equal. With the work of man, somewhere along the lines the difference was made and class was created. What Isenberg was saying is that regardless of the class system there will always be poor. There is no point in classifying
History 131
5 December 2016
White Trash.
The 400-Year Untold History of Class In America.
After typing “white trash” into the search engine, Google provided an informal and derogatory definition; “Poor white people, especially those living in the southern U.S. White trash.” No class or respect for the poor , who have earned more than one term to describe their lifestyle. Nancy Isenberg, author of “White Trash” explores the years where labeling the less fortunate was acceptable. Regardless of how dehumanizing, and disrespectful these terms became America remained known for their “American Dream”. The country that was perfect in its way, and did no wrong. The country who became free, after the revolution. In …show more content…
She later describes this novel characters , The Ewells, as “America’s purest example of white trash.” These characters wear ragged clothing and have obtained very poor education. In the 1960’s a show aired known as Beverly Hillbillies . Depicting the low working class, this show was both degrading and insulting. The actors and actresses took the image of “hillbillies”. From there they became unintelligent, poor, ugly, unsanitary, and lonely. They had little friends and stuck to themselves. This show shows what Americans believe hillbillies to be. Leaving no credit to the working class, this allowed yet another stereotype to arise. That the working class were nothing more than dumb hicks. Even today we have a society who find amusement in “white trash” TLC aired a show named Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. The popular series takes viewers through the everyday life of a family who is easily labeled trailer trash. They spend their time getting dirty, having no hygiene, and speaking with a southern accent and poor language. All three forms of entertainment are examples of how Americans view “white trash” or the lower …show more content…
The thought that no matter what there are poor people, just as there is always going to be the rich. In order to fully grasp this concept it is important to remember don't classify these individuals. The rich and the poor were both created by the same man,(God) with intentions to be equal. With the work of man, somewhere along the lines the difference was made and class was created. What Isenberg was saying is that regardless of the class system there will always be poor. There is no point in classifying