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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The term usually refers to white people who are poor and uneducated, often live in rural areas. This is to group them with the traditional stereotypes of ethnic minorities who are stereotyped to share a similar socioeconomic status. And to separate them from the good respectable white people who have money and jobs and education.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Oh wow, that's worse than I thought. Honestly, I was half expecting a "yeah, that's what it is, but it's actually okay because..."