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Article #28Re: "White Trash"
From: watcher_2000
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:00
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I especially liked the accompanying photograph which showed her light hair in braids, her light eyes clearly evident, and her dress complete with head scarf which gives her the likeness of "Heidi". She would look at home skipping through the Alps. I thought it interesting that poor, working class White folks from the often disparaged "trailer park" could produce such a child while the whole of the black race-including those who are well off-can not. In article <39A13778.A7433D6D@home.com>, Ciccio <ciccio@home.com> wrote: > watcher_2000@my-deja.com wrote: > > > But with her brains, why Cal State Fullerton and not Harvard or UCLA? > > Cheryl Carlson and her 39-year-old husband Doug, a roofer, simply don't > > want their daughter that far away, or in a town without relatives, or in a > > city whose harshness would break a small-town girl. > > Shawna's parents are paying for her education and saving to give her a > > laptop, something she's wanted since she was 7. > > Let's see, parents who want to finish raising their child right and don't want > to dump their 14 year old away from home. Parents who don't even think in terms > of the government or some other third party paying for their child's education. > Parents who don't make much money, but still put their child's desire for a lap > top ahead of their own desires. > > If that's "white trash," then we can use a whole lot more of it in this country. > > Ciccio > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb785,fdc0d9b0289a0e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: fcd36,fdc0d9b0289a0e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidfcd36,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,fdc0d9b0289a0e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: fe053,fdc0d9b0289a0e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidfe053,public From: watcher_2000@my-deja.com Subject: Re: "White Trash" Date: 2000/08/22 Message-ID: <8nsicp$q8i$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Deja-AN: 660933031 References: <8nn4qi$9vb$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <20000819201549.24048.00000550@ng-cu1.aol.com> <8nq4if$mj$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39A13778.A7433D6D@home.com> X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x67.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 208.196.123.32 Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. X-Article-Creation-Date: Tue Aug 22 00:44:13 2000 GMT X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDwatcher_2000 Newsgroups: va.general,milw.general,ba.general,nm.general X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98; Win 9x 4.90)