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Posted on 7/4/20 at 11:43 pm to John88
There is a lot of Whitakers in MS too. Literally, not figuratively.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 11:52 pm to John88
i believe this is far more common than the average american might think. i'm from an actual backwoods town and we had a family like this.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 12:55 am to John88
Posted on 7/5/20 at 12:58 am to John88
Those people made The Wild And Wonderful Whites of West Virginia look like fricking Downton Abbey.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 1:12 am to CaptSpaulding
That one woman sitting by the cane will appear in my next nightmare
Posted on 7/5/20 at 1:22 am to CaptSpaulding
Oh my god.
I had never heard of this before. I don't even know where to start.
Unfortunately yes, that level of poverty does still exist in Appalachia, and it is more common than most probably realize. I've seen it far too many times.
These people though... wow. Speechless. I'm from southern WV so not much surprises me, but I have so many questions and would love to know their story.
Honestly, the whole thing just made me sad for multiple reasons.
I had never heard of this before. I don't even know where to start.
Unfortunately yes, that level of poverty does still exist in Appalachia, and it is more common than most probably realize. I've seen it far too many times.
These people though... wow. Speechless. I'm from southern WV so not much surprises me, but I have so many questions and would love to know their story.
Honestly, the whole thing just made me sad for multiple reasons.
This post was edited on 7/5/20 at 1:31 am
Posted on 7/5/20 at 2:41 am to John88
I'd hope the WV thing was an isolated thing, but I watched story on the 20 year bama prison warden and it was pretty interesting. His thoughts on the inmates sentenced to the death penalty under his watch. Very good
Posted on 7/5/20 at 6:04 am to John88
Southern WV. It's pretty much Va at that point.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 7:40 am to Tunasntigers92
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It's somehow more horrifying than that episode
Because it's real. I think so too. It's ghastly.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 9:08 am to Tunasntigers92
These people don’t have access to OB service and they eat sugar and corn. They have 10-15lb babies. That is why they are brain damaged.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 9:14 am to John88
After watching that I went down a rabbit hole and found a documentary called American Hollow. It's about an Appalachian family who lives in "poverty" up in the mountains. I watched a few other videos related to that also.
I've even seen these type situations locally around here in Louisiana. There's an old mom and dad, who are God fearing, incredibly hard working, nice folks, and have a lot of kids that are straight bums. The family in American Hollow all live on a lot of land and bitch about not having any money and hate their lives. Thier 70 something y/o parents love their lives, make big gardens every year, live off the land, hunt, fish, etc to make it. But all the damn kids are in and out of jail, drunks, etc.
You'd think being raised like that they would mostly turn out to be good folks but many times just not the case. Again, I'm not talking about the Whitakers, that's fricked up shite, just other documentaries I watched from my rabbit hole this morning.
I've even seen these type situations locally around here in Louisiana. There's an old mom and dad, who are God fearing, incredibly hard working, nice folks, and have a lot of kids that are straight bums. The family in American Hollow all live on a lot of land and bitch about not having any money and hate their lives. Thier 70 something y/o parents love their lives, make big gardens every year, live off the land, hunt, fish, etc to make it. But all the damn kids are in and out of jail, drunks, etc.
You'd think being raised like that they would mostly turn out to be good folks but many times just not the case. Again, I'm not talking about the Whitakers, that's fricked up shite, just other documentaries I watched from my rabbit hole this morning.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 9:28 am to CaptSpaulding
Its about time someone said it. This has already been done.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 9:40 am to Mountaineerfan7
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Unfortunately yes, that level of poverty does still exist in Appalachia, and it is more common than most probably realize. I've seen it far too many times.
Appalachia scare the hell out of me. It is the most God forsaken area in the U.S. I hate that part of our country.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 11:36 am to John88
Where is their white privilege?
Posted on 7/5/20 at 12:03 pm to msudawg1200
Northern Mississippi is considered Appalachian....
Posted on 7/5/20 at 1:11 pm to CaptSpaulding
Yes Jesco White and his family are normal when compared to The Whitakers
Posted on 7/5/20 at 1:42 pm to SEClint
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think this doesn't happen in the black or latino communities?
See: The Vodomal (ake "The Ostrich People")
Posted on 7/5/20 at 1:51 pm to Luke
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Northern Mississippi is considered Appalachian....
I don't live in Northern Mississippi
Posted on 7/5/20 at 1:51 pm to John88
West Virginia is craaazy. Watch the Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. It's still my favorite documentary of all time.
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