# What is the connection between Looney Tunes iconography and poor white people?

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**Created:** [January 24, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-connection-between-looney-tunes-iconography-and-poor-white-people/341462 "2006-01-24T22:49:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-connection-between-looney-tunes-iconography-and-poor-white-people/341462/1 "2006-01-24T22:49:59Z")

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I’ve always noticed that poor white people - generally referred to as “rednecks,” “trailer park people,” or “white trash” - are really into cartoon iconography, more specifically Looney Tunes/Warner Brothers characters.

Why?

I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen redneck girls with Tweety Bird tattoos or shirts, guys with Taz in any number of “badass” stances either tattooed or on their vehicles in the form of decals and graphics, and so on.

Why?

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-connection-between-looney-tunes-iconography-and-poor-white-people/341462/3 "2022-05-29T12:57:41Z")

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