# You might be white trash if.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492 "2003-08-11T22:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/21 "2003-08-12T03:18:49Z")
Apparently I’m a Redneck then! (But I already suspected that – you should see my tan!) I fondly refer to my 32-year old hunting trailer as _The Guest House_. I’m down to four dogs. I have a “good” hat and a “working” hat. I keep the good hat safely at home so it won’t get dirty. I’ve been known to get all dressed up for a rodeo (that means _starched_ Wranglers!), and forget the good hat and wear the old one out in public. Just last week, I got caught outside wearing shorts, boots, and the old hat while I tuned up my bow for hunting season. This was right before we all jumped in the truck to go see where the fire was. No, I didn’t change. Um, did I mention that I’m a woman? 😃 And sorry, not a one of these is a gross exaggeration. Objects may be closer than they appear, YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Jaade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@Jaade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaade)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/22 "2003-08-12T03:30:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bowert \* > \*\*Apparently I’m a Redneck then! (But I already suspected that – you should see my tan!) > > I fondly refer to my 32-year old hunting trailer as _The Guest House_. > > I’m down to four dogs. > > I have a “good” hat and a “working” hat. I keep the good hat safely at home so it won’t get dirty. I’ve been known to get all dressed up for a rodeo (that means _starched_ Wranglers!), and forget the good hat and wear the old one out in public. > > Just last week, I got caught outside wearing shorts, boots, and the old hat while I tuned up my bow for hunting season. This was right before we all jumped in the truck to go see where the fire was. No, I didn’t change. > > Um, did I mention that I’m a woman? 😃 > > And sorry, not a one of these is a gross exaggeration. Objects may be closer than they appear, YMMV. \*\* Well damn, til you got to the woman part, I was all set to hit on ya… ~J ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/23 "2003-08-12T03:34:22Z")
And, until you got to the part where you “tuned up your bow for hunting season” I liked you! ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/24 "2003-08-12T03:37:45Z")
I’m a black person who loves heavy metal and have relatives who listen to country music. Before I went veg one of my favorite foods was pork rinds which my mom called “paradise”. I have an uncle who hunts and another who had a pet wolf/dog hybrid. (All of these people are on AngelMom’s side of the family). Now what the heck does that mean? We’re not black trash–eveyone owns their own home or trailer and has a job. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/25 "2003-08-12T03:39:22Z")
How interesting this thread is. It’s fascinating how carefree and blase some SDMB members are about using the term “white trash” as a code word for poor, unsophisticated, rural white people in order to poke fun at them and mock them. Why don’t you change the thread title to “You might be nigger if…” and see what kind of traction you get before you get banned. The level of aggressive and naked contempt for the white underclass shown in this thread is not that far distant from how a Klansman or white power advocate might view black people, but I guess it’s alright to make fun of them because they’re poor and uneducated and well they’re just plain _trash_. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/26 "2003-08-12T03:44:38Z")
**Angel Heart** , you sound like a very interesting person! I’m also a vegetarian, and don’t wish to discuss pork rinds (inside joke, disregard). Good night, all! ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/27 "2003-08-12T04:02:53Z")
You might be white trash if… You have a home that is mobile and 14 cars that are not. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/28 "2003-08-12T07:42:03Z")
Q: How do you tell the RICH people form the POOR people in Maine? A: The rich peoplehave TWO old cars up on blocks! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/29 "2003-08-12T11:35:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by misshornypenny \* > \*\*I think white trash is a big category. > > A redneck is a special type of white trash… usually one with a farmer’s tan and a hole in the crotch of his pants. \*\* No, no, no! It’s the other way around. Rednecks are just country people- the term comes from people who worked in the fields and got their necks sunburned, hence the “red neck” description. These days, it’s used more to describe someone from a rural area who isn’t a city person, more than anything else. I have friends of mine who are most definitely rednecks, but also have master’s degrees and make lots of money. They just happen to be country and proud of it. White trash on the other hand, are usually, but not always a subset of rednecks. As far as I can tell, part of being white trash is this sort of disengagement from the rest of society- white trash always seemed to me to be in a different world- one where the wolf t-shirts, tasmanian devil jackets, mullets, etc… are perfectly acceptable and even desirable. A world where behavior and social conventions are different than in the larger world- the only people I see at Wal-Mart smacking the s\*\*t out of their kids are the white trashy types. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/30 "2003-08-12T12:24:05Z")
**Moderator’s Notes:** > [@](#): > > You might be white trash if you rip off someone else’s definitions of rednecks for your OP. Yeah, a lot of this stuff appears to have come off other websites. but I doubt that anyone owns a copyright on any of it. Tough thing, to copyright a one-liner. On the other hand, we’d prefer that members don’t post things that are a blantant ripoff of _anyone_, copyright holder, or not. So . . . Thanks for pointing that out Zoe (and others), but in this particular case, I think I’ll let it stand - with a word of caution to everyone. Please don’t get in the habit of copying things here that you have found elsewhere on the net. Even if the site where you found them doesn’t have one of these, **©** , the material may be copyrighted. Unfortuantely, not everyone out there is as respectful of copyrights as the SDMB. > [@](#): > > How interesting this thread is. It’s fascinating how carefree and blase some SDMB members are about using the term “white trash” as a code word for poor, unsophisticated, rural white people in order to poke fun at them and mock them. I agree. Off to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/31 "2003-08-12T12:39:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*How interesting this thread is. It’s fascinating how carefree and blase some SDMB members are about using the term “white trash” as a code word for poor, unsophisticated, rural white people in order to poke fun at them and mock them. > > Why don’t you change the thread title to “You might be nigger if…” and see what kind of traction you get before you get banned. The level of aggressive and naked contempt for the white underclass shown in this thread is not that far distant from how a Klansman or white power advocate might view black people, but I guess it’s alright to make fun of them because they’re poor and uneducated and well they’re just plain _trash_. \*\* Well, you see, we can’t insult the blacks because that’s wrong. We can’t call overweight peope ‘fat’. If we’re not allowed to insult the ‘White Trash’ people, then we’ll only be able to insult people with mullets… and you _know_ how they and the white trash label overlap… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/32 "2003-08-12T13:08:58Z")
Oh goody. It isn’t as if I don’t get enough of this glurge in my e-mail inbox, now we get to wade through it on the SDMB. . . . and it is still just as boringly stupid as when Jeff Foxworthy did it. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/33 "2003-08-12T13:32:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astro \* > \*\*How interesting this thread is. It’s fascinating how carefree and blase some SDMB members are about using the term “white trash” as a code word for poor, unsophisticated, rural white people in order to poke fun at them and mock them. > > Why don’t you change the thread title to “You might be nigger if…” and see what kind of traction you get before you get banned. The level of aggressive and naked contempt for the white underclass shown in this thread is not that far distant from how a Klansman or white power advocate might view black people, but I guess it’s alright to make fun of them because they’re poor and uneducated and well they’re just plain _trash_. \*\* You see, **Astro** , it makes people feel better about themselves to mock others because of their economic or cultural standing because what they are really saying is “Whew! I’m much better than those people!” ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/34 "2003-08-12T13:35:25Z")
I will now respectfully ask a moderator to close and/or remove this thread. Apparently some people don’t find my sense of humor (and the sense of humor of other posters in this thread) very funny at all. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/35 "2003-08-12T13:41:58Z")
> [@](#): > > I will now respectfully ask a moderator to close and/or remove this thread. Apparently some people don’t find my sense of humor (and the sense of humor of other posters in this thread) very funny at all. Maybe it makes me a hypocrite, but part of the appeal of going to the nitro drag races (as I did last Saturday) is to laugh at the mullets and dirty wife beater tank tops. I also like jokes about yer momma, weight loss tips, and information on how to make my penis longer and harder (or at least I would like it if I had a peener) but it doesn’t mean I like my inbox or my favorite message board filled with tired and worn out glurge. YMMV :::shrug::: ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/36 "2003-08-12T13:53:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\ ***Moderator’s Notes:** > > Yeah, a lot of this stuff appears to have come off other websites. but I doubt that anyone owns a copyright on any of it\*\* **UncleBeer** , I respectfully disagree…Jeff Foxworthy has published a number of books based on his act, such as: [You Might Be A Redneck If…](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0929264576/qid=1060696153/sr=8-10/ref=sr_8_10/103-5767960-3796669?v=glance&s=books&n=507846) [Red Ain’t Dead: 150 More Ways To Tell If You’re A Redneck](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563520052/ref=pd_sim_books_1/103-5767960-3796669?v=glance&s=books) [Games Rednecks Play](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563521652/ref=pd_sim_books_2/103-5767960-3796669?v=glance&s=books) [Check Your Neck: More Of You Might Be A Redneck If…](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563520486/ref=pd_sim_books_3/103-5767960-3796669?v=glance&s=books) …and so on. I’m presuming that all of the above entail the appropriate copyrights, and I’m willing to bet that most of what’s been posted in this thread so far can be found in one of the above books. I’m just saying… ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/37 "2003-08-12T13:55:21Z")
Well I’m sure as soon as the busy, busy mods get around to it, they will close and/or get rid of this thread as I’ve asked.:rolleyes: IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/38 "2003-08-12T13:58:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* > \*\*I will now respectfully ask a moderator to close and/or remove this thread. Apparently some people don’t find my sense of humor (and the sense of humor of other posters in this thread) very funny at all. > IDBB \*\* No, I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/39 "2003-08-12T14:02:30Z")
Which is why I asked it closed, **Who\_Me**. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492/40 "2003-08-12T14:11:06Z")
Actually, let me explain… Jokes like this can be funny. Jokes about blacks can be funny when Chris Rock tells them. Jokes about rednecks can be funny when Foxworthy tells them. And it’s not so much that only blacks can tell black jokes, but it’s the spirit in which the jokes are told. On a message board, you can’t tell if a joke is mean spirited or an exaggeration of a trait that may be funny even to the party the joke is about. I have some self-admitted redneck friends, I used to kid with them that they wouldn’t be REAL rednecks until they put up one of those Billy Bass singing fish. Just to be spiteful, they went out and bought one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-be-white-trash-if/194492.md?page=3)