The Culture of White Trash in "On Growing Up White Trash"

In Heather O’Neill’s “On Growing Up White Trash”, the author uses description and explanation to illustrate that while being very different from others, being white trash is a culture like any other and should not be looked down upon. O’Neill tells several small tales from her upbringing describing the environment that surrounded her during her childhood. “There were cockroaches in the teacups that you had to shake out into the sink” (O’Neill 34), “The white trash girls wore cut-off jean shorts and high heels over gym socks [...]” (O’Neill 33). In these passages, she provides us with details…