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Interesting read. But as a new follower, I have to admit, that for the first quarter of it I didn’t realize it wasn’t in your voice. Maybe lead with the citation?

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Good point. I'll do something more explicit to announce these are primary sources. Thanks!

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Colorful epithets: crackers, clay eaters, sand hills. And, eventually, their descendants would come to be called by another one: "White trash".

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And later, deplorables.

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Rednecks, as well, I assume.

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