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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
If black people can use the n word I can make fun of poor white trash, I grew up on spam fritters and beans, I was poor and white.
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Well...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
The term is usually a racial slur, but may also be used self-referentially by working class whites to jokingly describe their origins or lifestyle.
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So there you go.
But something like this is hypocritically racist:
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Originally Posted by rubecube
Jesus Christ, Cliff, no one is referring to all poor white people as trash. We're referring to the ones who hold racist views and engage in trashy incestuous relationships as trash.
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Let's play a game: pick an identifiable group, a minority subset of that group that exhibits bad behavior, and the corresponding racial slur for the first group, and fill in the blanks. Yes, he said 'trash', but it should be patently obvious that it was used as short-hand for 'white trash'.
"Jesus Christ, Cliff, no one is referring to all poor [identifiable group] as [racial slur]. We're referring to the ones who [insert negative behaviors exhibited by a minority of that group] as [racial slur]."
For any identifiable race group that is not Caucasian, you'd be banned for posting it, and if said in a larger, more public space, your words would very likely have severe ramifications.
I can't believe we have to tell people who consider themselves progressive to stop being racist. Neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups are very, very sh*tty. There is no debate there. But it is nonsensical -- when trying to combat racists -- to be racist yourself.