The Gist

Cutting Class

Jul 20, 2016 · 21 min · Episode 544 · 20.5 MB
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On The Gist, crackers, rednecks, hillbillies—Nancy Isenberg explains the persistence of these terms and why they can't be called ethnic identities. Her book is called White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America.

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