White trash: not even close to being the same as the N word, in my opinon. The n word used throughout history in a vicious manner, associated with violence, slavery, and treating a group of people as less than human.
I don't particularly like the term white trash because it demeans an economic class (agree with cliffdweller) and why use the word trash to talk about someone? But I didn't grow up in the same environment as sparky, so I think the term is probably used without malice by many people.
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