… White working-class men are enraged because they inhabit a world they don’t recognize. It’s a world with a black president, same-sex marriage, illegal immigration, empowered women, anti-police protests and radical Islam. They want the Old America back — when white men were in charge, gays stayed in the closet, women were compliant, Muslims were far away and the police had unquestioned authority. It’s a world they have lost. …
White working-class men seethe whenever political correctness denigrates them as “privileged.” They certainly don’t feel “privileged,” not after the economic devastation of the past decade. Their response? Defiance.
Enter Trump. CONT.
Bill Schneider (George Mason U.), Reuters