William Lindsey Jul 22, 2023

"Why do many working-class white Americans support politicians whose policies are literally killing them?

This is the question sociologist and psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl tries to answer in his new book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland."

~ Sean Illing

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https://www.vox.com/2019/3/19/18236247/dying-of-whiteness-trump-politics-jonathan-metzl

Dying of whiteness: how racial politics backfires on white Americans

Jonathan Metzl explains how racism gets whites to support policies that hurt them.

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

"The book is a serious look at how cultural attitudes associated with 'whiteness' encourage white people to adopt political views — like opposition to gun laws or the Affordable Care Act — that undercut their own health."

Racism is a powerful drug, and a powerfully addictive one. Many white Americans are so hopelessly addicted to racial resentment that they are willing to sacrifice their own health and children's future to feed the habit.

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Jul 22, 2023 at 12:34pmWeb