Down my way in Southern Maryland, if you refer to someone to their face as "white trash" that is the equivalent of "Ni**er".
If you are going to do that, you better be prepared to rock and roll.
I've seen more than one person catch a major a** whipping for getting too loose with that expression.
48 posted on 09/19/2008 3:19:28 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)