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EPISODE · Jun 30, 2025 · 1H 4M

Episode 21: Hillbilly Face

from Before We Were White · host Brian Halpin - Before We Were White

A simple question: Why have "poor white people" - aka Rednecks and Hillbillies - always been seen as legitimate targets for vicious mockery and public ridicule by "mainstream" American society? The answer to that question goes to the heart of early colonial American self-identity.

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