Angry white male
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Angry white male or AWM is a stereotype which typifies a reactionary, white male, especially in the context of U.S. politics and opposition to policies of affirmative action which favor other groups in society such as women or blacks.[1] [2]
[edit] In the arts
The movie Falling Down features an angry white male as the protagonist. He was a former defense worker who had been divorced by his wife. The character descends into a spiral of increasing rage and violence.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2006, http://www.oed.com, "angry white male n. (also with capital initials) Polit. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) a (usually working-class) white man with-right wing or reactionary views (typically including opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory policies), esp. viewed as representing an influential class of voter"
- ^ Grant Reeher and Joseph Cammarano (1996), In Search of the Angry White Male, pp. 125-136
- ^ Carl Scott Gutiérrez-Jones (2001), Critical race narratives, pp. 61-65, ISBN 9780814731451, http://books.google.com/books?id=_Zc0e8caLkEC
