Anybody reading/read Hillbilly Elegy? It provides some pretty interesting insight into poor white middle America and its motivations.
In a weird way, just as much of the left could be viewed as being a collection of minority groups who "want in" on what has traditionally been regarded as white privileges, poor or nearing poor white folks now seem to be their own minority group chasing the same thing.
And I can see how the positions taken by many leftist groups offend them. It would suck to be accused of having white privilege when - while being white - you certainly don't seem to be enjoying many privileges. That could get tiring.
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