They’ve been called waste people. Offscourings. Lubbers. Bogtrotters. Rascals. Rubbish. Squatters. Crackers. Clay-eaters. Tackies. Mudsills. Scalawags. Briar hoppers. Hillbillies. Low-downers. White niggers. Degenerates. Rednecks. Trailer trash. Swamp people. But most people call them white trash. And, some would say, many of them are the supporting base of Donald Trump’s rise to prominence. These are the...
