As was much of the rest of the country. But "poor whites" aren't a victim group because their goal is to stop being poor whites and start living a good life and owning their own future, instead of complaining endlessly about the past hardships suffered by their ancestors in the old country.
Oops. Sorry for the double post. Finger twitch.
Its the engineers, the entrepreneurs, and craftsmen that REALLY built America, in all honesty, to say nothing of the soldiers who conquered it to begin with.