Angry white male
Angry white male or AWM is a term which typifies a white male who holds traditional conservative views, especially in the context of U.S. politics and opposition to racial quotas, political correctness, liberalism, reverse discrimination, and affirmative action and other policies viewed as discriminatory or harmful.[1][2]
In arts and media
The movies Joe, Falling Down and Gran Torino have been described as a definitive exploration of the angry white male concept. In Falling Down its protagonist, a former defense worker who descends into a spiral of increasing rage and violence, was widely reported upon as a representative of the stereotype.[3]
Conservative political commentators such as Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill O'Reilly have been labeled by Salon.com[4] as appealing to the American angry white male demographic, as well as talk radio and television news networks like Fox News Channel, exacerbated by partisan politics. [5][6]
See also
References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2006,
angry white male n. (also with capital initials) Polit. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) a (usually working-class) white man with-right wing views (typically including opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory policies), esp. viewed as representing an influential class of voter
- ^ Grant Reeher and Joseph Cammarano, "In Search of the Angry White Male," in Richard G. Niemi, ed., Midterm: The Elections of 1994 in Context (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996), 125–136.
- ^ Carl Scott Gutiérrez-Jones (2001), Critical race narratives, pp. 61–65, ISBN 9780814731451
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- ^ Guardian
- ^ Times Online
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