[Dingfod]

I wasn't trying to say what poor whites suffer is in any way comparable to that of poor blacks, only to point out that terms of derision toward poor whites are not rare at all. I beg to differ that they are not seen as dangerous and criminals. People see an unkempt unshaven man with a bad haircut and make all sorts of assumptions about them being wife-beaters or worse. I don't know how many times I've heard the neighborhood a mile or so away from my house referred to as the meth capital of Oklahoma, or heard something like "Only criminals and drugged out white trash live in Blahville", or "You don't really drive through there, do you?" There aren't any minorities at all in this village that lies on my road to my workplace, only poor people, some working poor, some just dirt poor. Some probably are criminals and on drugs, but I'd say the vast majority of them are law abiding citizens, their only problem is not having much of a say as to where they live because of economic circumstance.