4 ms·

I find it curious that people talk about the "economic uncertainty" as a center piece, but somehow "Blue collar resentment" doesn't seem to manifest itself in t

I find it curious that people talk about the "economic uncertainty" as a center piece, but somehow "Blue collar resentment" doesn't seem to manifest itself in the same way with non-whites. As if to say that non-whites are doing better.

evgen 10y ago
This article has all of the hallmarks of something cranked out as fast as possible to ride the WTF wave, with little to show and mostly a collection of anecdote and refs to the work of others. As you note, non-whites are invisible (apparently they are not "working class") as well as women and really anyone who is not white male with resentment issues.
- ChemicalWarfare 10y ago
  I don't agree with everything in the article but it's angle is obviously trying to figure out the reason for Trump's popularity with "white non-college educated males".
  - evgen 10y ago
    I don't think anyone, anywhere at all questioned his appeal to "white resentment" for the past year. It has been a given. As for why he has this appeal, it is not much different than prior Republican appeal for this same demographic; Republican policies are manifestly bad for this group and yet they have continued to vote in a counter-productive manner since the 80s. There is nothing new to figure out here and this paper presents rehashed arguments cloaked in personal anecdote plumped up with vague references to other people's work and then presents the whole thing as though the author was making some sort of profound discovery.
    - ChemicalWarfare 10y ago
      I was specifically replying to your "non-whites are invisible" remark. Just because this article clearly concentrates on the white non-college educated demographic that doesn't make non-whites "invisible".
nitwit005 10y ago
It's become "the narrative", but it has some obvious problems as you note. Sometimes the explanation that gets shoved in front of your face is the one that has driven the most readership (or clicks), rather than one that matches what actually occurred.

evgen 10y ago

This article has all of the hallmarks of something cranked out as fast as possible to ride the WTF wave, with little to show and mostly a collection of anecdote and refs to the work of others. As you note, non-whites are invisible (apparently they are not "working class") as well as women and really anyone who is not white male with resentment issues.

ChemicalWarfare 10y ago
I don't agree with everything in the article but it's angle is obviously trying to figure out the reason for Trump's popularity with "white non-college educated males".
- evgen 10y ago
  I don't think anyone, anywhere at all questioned his appeal to "white resentment" for the past year. It has been a given. As for why he has this appeal, it is not much different than prior Republican appeal for this same demographic; Republican policies are manifestly bad for this group and yet they have continued to vote in a counter-productive manner since the 80s. There is nothing new to figure out here and this paper presents rehashed arguments cloaked in personal anecdote plumped up with vague references to other people's work and then presents the whole thing as though the author was making some sort of profound discovery.
  - ChemicalWarfare 10y ago
    I was specifically replying to your "non-whites are invisible" remark. Just because this article clearly concentrates on the white non-college educated demographic that doesn't make non-whites "invisible".

nitwit005 10y ago

It's become "the narrative", but it has some obvious problems as you note. Sometimes the explanation that gets shoved in front of your face is the one that has driven the most readership (or clicks), rather than one that matches what actually occurred.