Quoted: No, it's not a racial slur.  White people can't be insulted.  They are not allowed to take offense to any names that some one may call them.

Pretty much true.  Only slurs from a perceived position of power and the ability to oppress can be taken seriously.  

Quoted: I am deeply offended and I think you should be banned. Why don't you just come right and say all the other names for me that you are thinking you hatyeful person----ridgerunner,cracker,inbred hillbilly M--f--er,coal sack,razorback,trailer trash,georgia white,Misssissipi albino, Louisisan swamp wiggle, redneck,blue eyed devil, bright,MASTER,country,cowboy,-----why don't you just come out and say it?

You forgot honkey.

I'm 'white' and I use it.

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The term "trash" in reference to impoverished whites was actually coined by whites in the Antebellum South.  The rich plantation owners looked down upon their unfortunate brethen and spoke disparingly of them as "poor trash."  Even the slaves picked up on their venacular and used the term freely (though not in their presence).  It's amazing that well over a century the phrase, though evolved, is still used.  But then again, so is the term "N*****" by many including our own Americans of African descent.

BTW, the term "turn-key" in reference to deputies or correctional officers goes back several centuries and was used during Revolutionary War times.

white trash

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person or poor white people.

Used as a disparaging term for a white person or white people perceived as being lazy and ignorant.

More than a racial slur, it is taken as an economic or social class slur.

It would take a hell of an upgrade to get me to the white trash level.  Oh, and some mysterious force is compelling me to say IBTL.

Quoted: Heard this discussed a few times.  Some people take offense, some say it isn't any worse than hillbilly or redneck... Another step in my quest for true politcal correctness NorCal

Who cares GET OVER IT !!!

Quoted: Quoted: I am deeply offended and I think you should be banned. Why don't you just come right and say all the other names for me that you are thinking you hatyeful person----ridgerunner,cracker,inbred hillbilly M--f--er,coal sack,razorback,trailer trash,georgia white,Misssissipi albino, Louisisan swamp wiggle, redneck,blue eyed devil, bright,MASTER,country,cowboy,-----why don't you just come out and say it? You forgot honkey.

And White wall  

Its the truth most of the time