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Angry white male or AWM is a derogatory term which typifies a white male who holds traditional conservative views, especially in the context of U.S. politics and total opposition to racial quotas, political correctness, affirmative action, anti-discrimination policies, and other liberal policies.[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. The protagonist of Falling Down, 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]
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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
- ^ We're still haunted by Angry White Males, Salon.com, August 2, 2010
- ^ Barack Obama must beware the rise of the angry white man, The Guardian, August 16, 2009
- ^ America's white men are back and raging, Times Online, July 19, 2009
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