Unwelcome Stares at Quiet Clan: Secret Life Ends for Irish Travelers

Washington Post ^ | October 20, 2002 | Lynne Duke

[aculeus]

EDGEFIELD COUNTY, S.C. -- In a puzzling little community of trailer homes, Cadillacs, mini-mansions and kissing cousins, Rose Kathy Sherlock opens the front door of her double-wide. She's breaking a long-standing taboo just by talking to a stranger. Irish Travelers such as Sherlock are supposed to keep to themselves. Secrecy has ensured their survival for many years.

But that all changed last month with the rogue act of an Irish Traveler woman caught on videotape beating her child. Suddenly, the Travelers felt their culture was on trial.

[agafia79]

Well, how many white trash do you know that drive Mercedes and Cadillac

[Doctor Stochastic]

Normally they don't rise to that level.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Good Lord...... you dug up this thread from awhile back, huh?

Welcome to FR.......and to answer your question, being "white trash" does NOT depend upon your income level.....it is a whole other ball game.....