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How Democrats Condescend to the White Working Class

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According to Joan C. Williams, about a third of the country feels talked down to. These are the white working class folks, the people who went for Trump, the people who feel that terms like disruption just mean more hassle and pain. “We can’t expect people to have elite values if we don’t give them elite lives,” says Williams. She’s the author of the book White Working Class

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Publisher
The Gist
Series
The Gist
Publication year
2017
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