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* works on ones vehicles in the front yard instead a garage |
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* works on ones vehicles in the front yard instead of a garage |
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In the American popular media, white trash are stereotyped as uneducated, lazy, base, vulgar, and showing little respect for authority or social norms. They are often though not always portrayed as politically conservative. Males are perceived to be interested in stereotypically "manly" things, such as sports, especially hunting and motor sports, guns, tobacco smoked and chewed, alcohol, (mostly beer) and sex. They tend to avoid anything that could be considered girlish or effeminate, such as fine art, ballet, or even fine food. Females are portrayed as unrefined, either very submissive or overtly agressive in their social behavior. During the 1980s and 1990s, a number of situational comedies were developed featuring "white trash" families or characters. Some of these included The Simpsons, Married with Children, Karla and Woody from Cheers, Roseanne?, [Grace under fire]?, [Unhappily ever after]?, [King of the Hill]?, [Grounded for life]?, Mimi from [The Drew Carey Show]?, and Titus. |
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In the American popular media, white trash are stereotyped as uneducated, lazy, base, vulgar, and showing little respect for authority or social norms. They are often though not always portrayed as politically conservative. Males are perceived to be interested in stereotypically "manly" things, such as sports, especially hunting and motor sports, guns, tobacco smoked and chewed, alcohol, (mostly beer) and sex. They tend to avoid anything that could be considered girlish or effeminate, such as fine art, ballet, or even fine food. Females are portrayed as unrefined, either very submissive or overtly agressive in their social behavior. During the 1980s and 1990s, a number of [situational comedies]? were developed featuring "white trash" families or characters. Some of these included The Simpsons, Married with Children, Karla and Woody from Cheers, Roseanne?, [Grace under fire]?, [Unhappily ever after]?, [King of the Hill]?, [Grounded for life]?, Mimi from [The Drew Carey Show]?, and Titus. |
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The term gained wide popularity during the nineteenth and early twentieth century because of the much narrower (compared to modern late twentieth century) definition of "whiteness". During the early years of the Republic, a white person could more accurately be defined as a white land holder, usually of Anglo-Saxon heritage and always protestant. Because of this narrow definition whiteness, a sizeable portion of the country was, in some sense, considered non-white. Slaves that were descended from Africans were non-white, but so were Native Americans, Asians, and, as the 19th century unfolded, a progressively growing mass of impoverished European immigrants were also considered non-white. |
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see also: mullet /context? Article that was below but which needs to be reviewed, NPOVd and generally improved. [This reads a bit like a term paper, but there is important stuff that should be rolled into this page.] |
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Related material may be found in racism and mullet |
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See: racism |
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:/Talk? :[/Old Talk]? :For general racism debate that was in talk section, see: racism/Talk--racial and ethnic slurs |
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/Talk? [/Old Talk]? For general racism debate that was in talk section, see: racism/Talk--racial and ethnic slurs /context? is bit verbose, but contains material that may eventually filter up. |
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