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Trash : A Poor White Journey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monroe, Cedar, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poor white people--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County.
- Poor white people.
- White people--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County--Economic conditions.
- White people.
- White people--Race identity--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County.
- Social stratification--Washington (State)--Grays Harbor County.
- Social stratification.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : 1517 Media, 2024.
- Summary:
- Daily, 66 million poor white people pay the price for failing whiteness. In Trash, activist and chaplain Cedar Monroe introduces us to the poor residents of a small town in Washington, who grapple with a collapsing economy and their own racism. Trash asks us to see the peril in which poor white people live and the choices we all must make.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Table of Contents
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- Part One Origins
- 1 CANARIES IN A COAL MINE
- 2 POOR WHITE TRASH
- 3 THE FAMILY CURSE
- 4 NAMING MY STORY
- 5 CLASS WAR IN GRADUATE SCHOOL
- 6 THE BEGINNING
- Part Two Survival
- 7 THE RIVER
- 8 "THE AMERICAN DREAM" AND ITS SIGNS
- 9 BAPTISM ON THE EDGE OF LOSS
- 10 CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARES
- 11 THE THEATRICS OF TERROR
- 12 ON THE RUN
- 13 THE VALUE OF PUNISHMENT
- Part Three Death
- 14 DEATH ON THE RIVER
- 15 SHAKER FUNERAL
- 16 HOSPITAL VISITS
- 17 KNEELING IN CHAINS
- 18 SEEKING REDEMPTION
- Part Four Resistance
- 19 A RAINBOW COALITION
- 20 A POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN, THEN AND NOW
- 21 FACING OFF WITH VIGILANTES
- 22 PROJECTS OF SURVIVAL, ABERDEEN STYLE
- 23 RAISING THE FLAG
- 24 HEALING IS REVOLUTIONARY
- 25 MUSTARD SEED MOVEMENT
- 26 AN ODE TO JOY
- Part Five Building
- 27 ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLACK PANTHERS
- 28 WHITE TRASH IN DC
- 29 THE HALLS OF CONGRESS
- 30 TRESPASS FIRST DEGREE
- 31 #RIVERGANG4LIFE
- 32 THE UPRISING MEETS ABERDEEN
- 33 ORGANIZING THE FUTURE
- 34 WHEN WE BOUGHT THE FARM
- EPILOGUE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- Back Matter.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781506486284
- 1506486282
- OCLC:
- 1417757350
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