White Trash is....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People who judge other people by their window ornamentation are trash in my opinion. White, pink or purple.

Amen!

Another Amen!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you do realize that the phrase "white trash" is inherently racist, right? The implication being that trash is, unless otherwise specified, non-white.

Or does it just differentiate between trashy people that are white and trashy people of other races?

Right. I don't think there's any question that it's a "classist" term but calling it racist seems like a bit of a stretch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A couch on the front porch.

Haven't seen it much around here but this phenomenon seems to be everywhere in rural WV.

How is this different than furniture in the sunroom or around the yard or deck in places with little rain?

Outdoor furniture=outside indoor furniture=inside inside furniture that is outside=trashy

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, you do realize that the phrase "white trash" is inherently racist, right? The implication being that trash is, unless otherwise specified, non-white.

Or does it just differentiate between trashy people that are white and trashy people of other races?

exactly. white trash typicaclly has meant something like 'hillbilly' b/c they tended to be seen in the rural, often south: a low class, uneducated person but could an Indian or Black or Asian be 'white trash'? sure.

ghetto is often imagined as a black person living in the inner city projects: also low class, uneducated. But could white, Indian, Asian be 'ghetto'? sure. Get over the semantics, people.

[Anonymous]

So I guess no one here belongs to an HOA that controls this kind of thing, right?

Because an HOA that says you can't store junked out cars on your front lawn is just being shallow and, "judging other people?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I guess no one here belongs to an HOA that controls this kind of thing, right?

Because an HOA that says you can't store junked out cars on your front lawn is just being shallow and, "judging other people?"

I think many HOA rules are shallow and just plain ridiculous. My opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't get passed the racism....

The classism as well. The message is that working class rural whites are not as good as middle class educated whites. Some northern liberals love to give themselves permission to say bigoted things about working class whites but it's no different from the racial and ethnic slurs that they are so proud of not using.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:...a racist term that implies (as a PP said) that all other races are inherently trashy by default, so when white people a are trashy, you have to qualify the exception with their race.

What if you have a black neighbor who fits the description of the "white trash" you describe in your OP? Let me guess, you call them ghetto.

Why are racist threads allowed on this forum?

I've heard AA refer to things as ghetto. Is that ok? Or is that like they are allowed to use the N word but non-AA cannot?

I should add that in one instance, the AA person using that term was with another AA in a place with few AAs, almost as a way of fitting in by distinguishing that she and her friend were not ghetto.

Okay, then you know without asking that the black person who called the other black people ghetto was being judgmental.

NP here. Yeah, I think calling someone "ghetto" as a slur because of how they dress or talk is also bigoted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I guess no one here belongs to an HOA that controls this kind of thing, right?

Because an HOA that says you can't store junked out cars on your front lawn is just being shallow and, "judging other people?"

Um, yeah. This is why I refused to look at homes with an HOA or similar. A good sign of a snotty neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So I guess no one here belongs to an HOA that controls this kind of thing, right?

Because an HOA that says you can't store junked out cars on your front lawn is just being shallow and, "judging other people?"

I think many HOA rules are shallow and just plain ridiculous. My opinion.

Some are. But many are not.

Let's be honest -- there's not a person here who wouldn't be at least somewhat concerned about the impact on property values if a neighbor was using their yard as a storage area for auto parts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I guess no one here belongs to an HOA that controls this kind of thing, right?

Because an HOA that says you can't store junked out cars on your front lawn is just being shallow and, "judging other people?"

I think many HOA rules are shallow and just plain ridiculous. My opinion.

Some are. But many are not.

Let's be honest -- there's not a person here who wouldn't be at least somewhat concerned about the impact on property values if a neighbor was using their yard as a storage area for auto parts.

OP is distressed about window treatments. Are they covered in HOA rules?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So I guess no one here belongs to an HOA that controls this kind of thing, right?

Because an HOA that says you can't store junked out cars on your front lawn is just being shallow and, "judging other people?"

I think many HOA rules are shallow and just plain ridiculous. My opinion.

Some are. But many are not.

Let's be honest -- there's not a person here who wouldn't be at least somewhat concerned about the impact on property values if a neighbor was using their yard as a storage area for auto parts.

OP is distressed about window treatments. Are they covered in HOA rules?

OP used the example of sheets as window treatments to pose her larger question about behaviors that, "tell the world that you really have no pride in your house." She also talked about people who have piles of trash and junk piled up on their property.

My neighborhood doesn't have an HOA but yes, I'm quite sure there are HOAs out there that cover these issues as well as most of the others referenced in this thread.

[Anonymous]

When I first moved into my house I put up sheets before I could get my curtains and blinds up, in order to have a little privacy (or so I thought), but I was apparently just WT and I should have just paraded in front of my windows. Ditto her vendetta against paper shades. My family has always gone down to Pier I and gotten paper shades -- rice shades from Asia. I always thought they were funky and bohemian, but, sigh, here I am, WT again without knowing it. And when we were sleep training our children, we hung up blankets over the windows just for that week to make sure it was super dark in their rooms. Ohmigod -- inadvertent WT again. Do you think I should send a flier out to the neighbors, or maybe post an apology on the Listserv?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you do realize that the phrase "white trash" is inherently racist, right? The implication being that trash is, unless otherwise specified, non-white.

Or does it just differentiate between trashy people that are white and trashy people of other races?

exactly. white trash typicaclly has meant something like 'hillbilly' b/c they tended to be seen in the rural, often south: a low class, uneducated person but could an Indian or Black or Asian be 'white trash'? sure.

ghetto is often imagined as a black person living in the inner city projects: also low class, uneducated. But could white, Indian, Asian be 'ghetto'? sure. Get over the semantics, people.

This.

I used to teach at an urban, inner city public high school and all the kids regardless of race would identify themselves or others as being 'ghetto'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I first moved into my house I put up sheets before I could get my curtains and blinds up, in order to have a little privacy (or so I thought), but I was apparently just WT and I should have just paraded in front of my windows. Ditto her vendetta against paper shades. My family has always gone down to Pier I and gotten paper shades -- rice shades from Asia. I always thought they were funky and bohemian, but, sigh, here I am, WT again without knowing it. And when we were sleep training our children, we hung up blankets over the windows just for that week to make sure it was super dark in their rooms. Ohmigod -- inadvertent WT again. Do you think I should send a flier out to the neighbors, or maybe post an apology on the Listserv?

It's pretty clear that this isn't what the OP meant. What's the point of being deliberately obtuse?