Unnamed Poor Whites Near Sutpen's Hundred
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3810
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Unnamed Poor Whites Near Sutpen's Hundred
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Unnamed Poor Whites Near Sutpen's Hundred
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The "clientele" of the store that Sutpen opens after returning from the Civil War in Absalom, Absalom! includes blacks and whites from the area (147). Shreve McCannon uses the derogatory term "white trash" to describe the white patrons, though his use of the term also indicates that it is one he wasn't familiar with as a Canadian: "what is it? the word? white what? - Yes, trash" (147).