Hatred Of The Working Class Behind Attack On White Rural Americans

Rural whites see the with race-based resentment and harbor attitudes dangerous to democracy, argue the authors of a new book, White Rural Rage. Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman claim rural whites are “uniquely hostile,” with heightened fears of immigrants, minorities, LGBTQ+ people, and urbanites. Where 54% of city people support Black Lives Matter (BLM), just 30% of rural residents do, they note. These racist rural whites have too much political power and are enabling Donald Trump’s existential threat to our democracy.

​Read More