“…From these American origins, the white, rural poor became conflated with the "white trash" stereotype and its corresponding characteristics of lazy, loud, and lascivious individuals who live in unfavorable homes. These tropes have lingered into 21st-century media representations, from Cletus, the slack-jawed local in The Simpsons (Groening & Brooks, 1989 to individuals in the reality show Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (Lexton, Rogan, & Reddy, 2012-2014. While race, gender, religion, and sexuality continue to be integrated into discussions of critical literacy and engagement in social and educational discourse, class is still often an easy target for derision.…”