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Poor White, the Glossary

Poor White is a sociocultural classification used to describe economically disadvantaged Whites in the English-speaking world, especially White Americans with low incomes.^[1]

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Antebellum South
European-American culture in Appalachia
Rural culture in the United States
Stereotypes of the working class
White Americans
Working class in the United States

Affirmative action

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to benefit marginalized groups.

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African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Antebellum South

The Antebellum South era (from before the war) was a period in the history of the Southern United States that extended from the conclusion of the War of 1812 to the start of the American Civil War in 1861.

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Apartheid

Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.

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Appalachia

Appalachia is a geographic region located in the central and southern sections of the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States.

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Appalachian dulcimer

The Appalachian dulcimer (many variant names; see below) is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings, originally played in the Appalachian region of the United States.

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Appalachian Regional Commission

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a United States federal–state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia to create opportunities for self-sustaining economic development and improved quality of life.

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Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator.

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Barbarian

A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike.

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Barter

In trade, barter (derived from baretor) is a system of exchange in which participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money.

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Carnegie Commission of Investigation on the Poor White Question in South Africa

"The Poor White Problem in South Africa: Report of the Carnegie Commission" (1932) was a study of poverty among white South Africans that made recommendations about segregation that some have argued would later serve as a blueprint for Apartheid.

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Caste

A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Poor White and caste are social classes.

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Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.

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Country (identity)

The concept of country, as an identity or descriptive quality, varies widely across the world, although some elements may be common among several groups of people.

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Cracker (term)

Cracker, sometimes cracka or white cracker, is a racial epithet directed towards white people, used especially with regard to poor rural whites in the Southern United States. Poor White and cracker (term) are culture of the Southern United States.

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Crowding out (economics)

In economics, crowding out is a phenomenon that occurs when increased government involvement in a sector of the market economy substantially affects the remainder of the market, either on the supply or demand side of the market.

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Culture of honor (Southern United States)

The traditional culture of the Southern United States has been called a "culture of honor", that is, a culture where people avoid intentionally offending others, and maintain a reputation for not accepting improper conduct by others. Poor White and culture of honor (Southern United States) are culture of the Southern United States.

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Culture of the Southern United States

The culture of the Southern United States, Southern culture, or Southern heritage, is a subculture of the United States.

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Distribution of wealth

The distribution of wealth is a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society.

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Dogtrot house

The dogtrot, also known as a breezeway house, dog-run, or possum-trot, is a style of house that was common throughout the Southeastern United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Poor White and dogtrot house are culture of the Southern United States.

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E. W. Kemble

Edward Winsor Kemble (January 18, 1861 – September 19, 1933), usually cited as E. W. Kemble, and sometimes referred to incorrectly as Edward Windsor Kemble, was an American illustrator.

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Economic mobility

Economic mobility is the ability of an individual, family or some other group to improve (or lower) their economic status—usually measured in income. Poor White and economic mobility are social classes.

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Endogamy

Endogamy is the cultural practice of mating within a specific social group, religious denomination, caste, or ethnic group, rejecting any from outside of the group or belief structure as unsuitable for marriage or other close personal relationships.

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English-speaking world

The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language.

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Ethnic groups in South Africa

Racial groups in South Africa have a variety of origins.

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Eugenics in the United States

Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population, played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century.

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European Americans

European Americans are Americans of European ancestry.

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Farm Security Administration

The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was a New Deal agency created in 1937 to combat rural poverty during the Great Depression in the United States.

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Fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.

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Florida cracker

Florida crackers were colonial-era British American pioneer settlers in what is now the U.S. state of Florida; the term is also applied to their descendants, to the present day, and their subculture among white Southerners.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Georgia cracker

Georgia crackers refer to the original American pioneer settlers of the Province of Georgia (later, the State of Georgia), and their descendants. Poor White and Georgia cracker are culture of the Southern United States.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist.

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Hillbilly

Hillbilly is a term for people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas in the United States, primarily in the Appalachian region and Ozarks. Poor White and Hillbilly are European-American culture in Appalachia.

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Hoosier

Hoosier is the official demonym for the people of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).

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Jeans

Jeans are a type of trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth.

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Log cabin

A log cabin is a small log house, especially a minimally finished or less architecturally sophisticated structure.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Mountain white

Mountain whites were white Americans (usually poor) living in Appalachia and the inland region of the Antebellum South. Poor White and Mountain white are Antebellum South, European-American culture in Appalachia, poverty in the United States and white Americans.

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Nadir of American race relations

The nadir of American race relations was the period in African-American history and the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the early 20th century, when racism in the country, and particularly anti-black racism, was more open and pronounced than it had ever been during any other period in the nation's history.

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New Deal

The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1938 to rescue the U.S. from the Great Depression.

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Opportunism

Opportunism is the practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles or with what the consequences are for others.

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Peckerwood

Peckerwood is a term for a woodpecker which is used in the Southern United States and it is also used as a racial epithet for white people, especially poor rural whites.

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Plain Folk of the Old South

Plain Folk of the Old South is a 1949 book by Vanderbilt University historian Frank Lawrence Owsley, one of the Southern Agrarians.

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Poll taxes in the United States

A poll tax is a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources.

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Poverty

Poverty is a state or condition in which an individual lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living.

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Poverty in the United States

In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications.

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Redleg

Redleg is a term used to refer to poor whites that live or at one time lived on Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada and a few other Caribbean islands.

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Redneck

Redneck is a derogatory term mainly, but not exclusively, applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the Southern United States. Poor White and Redneck are European-American culture in Appalachia, rural culture in the United States and stereotypes of the working class.

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Reggie Yates

Reginald Yates (born 31 May 1983) is a British television presenter, actor, writer and director with a career spanning three decades on screen as an actor, television presenter and radio DJ.

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Resettlement Administration

The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a New Deal U.S. federal agency created May 1, 1935.

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Sharecropping is a legal arrangement in which a landowner allows a tenant (sharecropper) to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on that land.

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Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works.

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Social and economic stratification in Appalachia

Appalachia is a geographic region of the Eastern United States.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Subsistence agriculture

Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.

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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation in the United States.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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White Americans

White Americans (also referred to as European Americans) are Americans who identify as white people.

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White people

White (often still referred to as Caucasian) is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry.

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White South Africans

White South Africans are South Africans of European descent.

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White Southerners

White Southerners, are White Americans from the Southern United States, originating from the various waves of Northwestern European immigration to the region beginning in the 17th century. Poor White and White Southerners are culture of the Southern United States and white Americans.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_White

Also known as Poor Whites, Poor whites in the American South, Poorer whites.

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Poor White, the Glossary

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See also

Antebellum South

European-American culture in Appalachia

Rural culture in the United States

Stereotypes of the working class

White Americans

Working class in the United States

References