Iknow why poor whites chant "Trump, Trump, Trump"...

[ghostsinthemachine]

Interesting article. Even though i am a poor white male who could never voye for Trump, i certainly know my share of poor white males that did, and are proud of it.

From the era of slavery to the rise of Donald Trump, wealthy elites have relied on the loyalty of poor whites. All Americans deserve better.


I’m just a poor white trash motherfucker. No one cares about me.


I
met the man who said those words while working as a bartender in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas. It was a one-street town in Benton County. It had a beauty parlor, a gas station, and a bar where locals came on Friday nights to shoot the shit over cheap drinks and country music. I arrived in Arkansas by way of another little town in Louisiana, where all but a few local businesses had boarded up when Walmart moved in. In Arkansas, I was struggling to survive. I served drinks in the middle of the afternoon to people described as America’s “white underclass” — in other words, people just like me.


Read a lot more here:http://www.stirjournal.com/2016/04/01/

i-know-why-poor-whites-chant-trump-trump-trump/

[marylandblue]

1. Great article

And I'd lovthat the idea of class un the 20th and 21st centuries is dismissed as a communist ric.kr as an invitation to "class warfare."

[pbmus]

2. Excellent read, thanks..

[judesedit]

3. Well if any of those mfers think asshole drumpf gives a shit

They've been snorting too much peanut butter. Period

[GeoWilliam750]

4. Good read

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. That chart is absolutely jaw dropping.

We kinda knew that things changed with Reagan, but I had no idea it was that much.
I don't think marches are gonna be the answer to the obscene wealth distribution, here, and globally.

[Duppers]

6. Wow, that's a long article but I remember reading

parts of it last year, even emailed the link to myself.

Worth the read. Thanks.

[bresue]

7. Enjoyed the read...ty

[Mountain Mule]

8. Thank You for This!

I got referred to your post by a link in another thread, and I've just finished reading the entire thing. Outstanding analysis! If only we can ALL come together and fight the good fight!

[SCantiGOP]

9. Should be required reading

For every voter.

[lambchopp59]

10. earmark post, to refer back to after work

This is a sore subject for me, Californian related to dirt poor southerners, who would have me crucified just for being "liberal", heaven help me some of them find out I'm gay too.