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poor white person

noun as in white trash

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In the Axios poll, 40 percent of white respondents agreed that “a wealthy Black person will get better treatment from the criminal justice system than a poor white person”; only 23 percent disagreed.

From Slate

The poor white person will still be shown an apartment.

The poor white person will still be treated by the police better than most if not all black people.

Moreover, what was day-to-day life like for a poor white person in the slave-holding South?

From Salon

I also wanted to write about a poor white person who, contrary to societal assumptions, is a kind and empathetic person.

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