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The REDNECK MANIFESTO: HOW HILLBILLIES HICKS AND WHITE TRASH BECAME AMERICAS SCAPEGOATS
by Jim Goad

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  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19925087?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
  rating: 3 of 5 stars<br/>Goad makes a lot of accurate and interesting points about the place of the poor white in America, from its pre-Revolutionary War beginnings up to the present day.  The title isn't misleading; a good portion of the book deals with how economically disadvantaged white people are the last group in society that can be mocked, abused, and discriminated against by virtually all others.  A lot of comparisons are made to the role of black Americans in history, and facts are presented to show that white trash has always had it worse-- and that includes the years of slavery that we're all still hearing about.
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<br/>There's a lot to learn from this book-- complete with citations so you can go look it up yourself if you don't believe it-- and the tone is antagonistic enough to keep you coming back for more.  The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because Goad would use whole pages driving the exact same point home with different creative phrases.  A lot of them were gold, but after a while you just wanted him to get on with it.
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Kevin's review
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Goad makes a lot of accurate and interesting points about the place of the poor white in America, from its pre-Revolutionary War beginnings up to the present day. The title isn't misleading; a good portion of the book deals with how economically disadvantaged white people are the last group in society that can be mocked, abused, and discriminated against by virtually all others. A lot of comparisons are made to the role of black Americans in history, and facts are presented to show that white trash has always had it worse-- and that includes the years of slavery that we're all still hearing about.

There's a lot to learn from this book-- complete with citations so you can go look it up yourself if you don't believe it-- and the tone is antagonistic enough to keep you coming back for more. The only reason I didn't rate it higher was because Goad would use whole pages driving the exact same point home with different creative phrases. A lot of them were gold, but after a while you j...more

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message 1: by Patrick

04/11/2008 05:38PM

What about Apu on the Simpsons?