Trailer Trash Is Alive And Well

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:11pm

This really is horrible but I had to laugh at "Don't go in there, I just had a baby there"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/02/maryland.toilet.birth/index.html

White trash never ceases to amaze me.
Updated On: 7/2/09 at 12:11 PM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:12pm

I prefer black trash.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:14pm

White trash is Superior to Black trash...I thought everyone knew that.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:16pm

WOW! You know what Phyllis?? She very well MIGHT be black trash. I guess my mind just automatically thought she was white. Does that mean I'm a racist??? Hmmmm...

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:16pm

Of course it is. That's why it's called white trash. Without the "white," it's understood to be black.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:19pm

I don't see any humor in that at all. Something is clearly wrong with that lady.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:22pm

I guess growing up down south, all trash to me is just immediately white trash. lol

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:24pm

That is so horrible. How could she not know she was pregnant? And what did she use to cut the umbilical cord?

Updated On: 7/2/09 at 12:24 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:24pm

Was there a statement that I missed claiming this woman was white? Maybe she's just regular old trash. The baby was obviously blue trash.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:25pm

The expression "White trash" in itself is inherently racist.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:27pm

I have always thought so. It implies that everything else that isn't white is automatically trash.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:27pm

Correctamundo.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:28pm

I agree Phyllis. I prefer the phrase "trailer trash" in these cases. That's merely classist.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:28pm

I guess I have a lot of self examination I need to do as far as my own beliefs and values go concerning the various forms of "trash", which really sucks because I already had way too much I needed to do today.

[Schmerg_The_Impaler]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:29pm

If she's white, she's Trailer Trash. If she's black, then she's Sarah from Ragtime.

More to the story: http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Woman-Gives-Birth-Abandons-Baby-In-Portable-Toile/mlVtlfFWQUKteaxWW1Oz9A.cspx

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:30pm

EXCELLENT idea, Joe! I changed it to Trailer Trash! :)

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:35pm

Isn't there a line in Gone With the Wind where Mammy says something about that white trash woman, Emmy Slattery? That kind of points to the era of its creation.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:38pm

Well it's a term we hold near and dear to us down there. :)

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:38pm

Which kind of makes the case for it being racist.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:43pm

But one of my best friends knows a black. How can I be a racist?!?

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:45pm

The Dixie Chicks have a song called White Trash Wedding. Lovely. I grew up in the south and heard that from a lot of the older people. I think Trailer Trash was a lot more popular when I was in school. I think it depends on how far south you are.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:48pm

I do love that song. lol

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 12:54pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EshGQDYBKyE

[nmartin]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 2:27pm

Do any of you have any idea what you're taking about? I think not.
Updated On: 7/2/09 at 02:27 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/2/09 at 2:30pm

Has that ever stopped anyone before?