We experienced the same derogatory "classifying" according to income by President Clinton's buddy James Carville when he referred to Paula Jones of the trailer park, mobile home class, as having no right to sue Clinton - or others above her station financially. Obviously, since she was poor, she was not to be believed. While he might not have used the actual words "white trash" - it's obvious that's what he and Clinton wanted everyone to believe. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: JE Mayla Blakley <mayla@lava.net> To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 3:45 AM Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] Name Changing- Addendum > Hi Doug~~~As I understand it, white trash was a derogatory term used to > apply to people who were, often, poor and lived in slovenly conditions, > perhaps with a father who was an alcoholic or who failed to work or who did > disreputable, somewhat criminal things and/or perhaps > unreliable/untrustworthy things. Think people called such often had many > children who were ill-fed and ill-kempt. The term has serious racist > overtones and comes from a time when we believed certain people were > genetically inferior and deserved to be prevented from having children and > when many protestant faiths supported the idea that you could tell who was a > good, god-fearing person by how financially well off they were (god's > reward). > > anyway, maybe Rueben was a black sheep & became an alcoholic or otherwise > shamed the family. I've heard the name Huldah or something akin, although I > think it was Jewish. > > good searching, mayla@lava.net > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >

Inappropriate on this forum. Unsubscribe, please. Ken Robinson wrote: > We experienced the same derogatory "classifying" according to income by > President Clinton's buddy James Carville when he referred to Paula Jones of > the trailer park, mobile home class, as having no right to sue Clinton - or > others above her station financially. Obviously, since she was poor, she > was not to be believed. While he might not have used the actual words > "white trash" - it's obvious that's what he and Clinton wanted everyone to > believe. > > Ken > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JE Mayla Blakley <mayla@lava.net> > To: <CRAIG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 3:45 AM > Subject: Re: [CRAIG-L] Name Changing- Addendum > > > Hi Doug~~~As I understand it, white trash was a derogatory term used to > > apply to people who were, often, poor and lived in slovenly conditions, > > perhaps with a father who was an alcoholic or who failed to work or who > did > > disreputable, somewhat criminal things and/or perhaps > > unreliable/untrustworthy things. Think people called such often had many > > children who were ill-fed and ill-kempt. The term has serious racist > > overtones and comes from a time when we believed certain people were > > genetically inferior and deserved to be prevented from having children and > > when many protestant faiths supported the idea that you could tell who was > a > > good, god-fearing person by how financially well off they were (god's > > reward). > > > > anyway, maybe Rueben was a black sheep & became an alcoholic or otherwise > > shamed the family. I've heard the name Huldah or something akin, although > I > > think it was Jewish. > > > > good searching, mayla@lava.net > > > > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > > All material sent through Craig-L > > is copyright 2000 by its original author > > permission must be obtained from the original author > > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > > Craig Genealogy Web Page > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > > > > > ============================== > > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > Craig Genealogy Web Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/