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elleng

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3. 'Yet, in very different ways, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump were able and willing to target
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 10:54 PM
Dec 2016

angry white males (and females) who decided this election. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton never spoke to this constituency directly, and when she did, it was to dismiss them as a ‘basket of deplorables’ or to proclaim a reality that did not exist for them – that ‘America is already great.’ These statements may well have cost her the election. In order to understand why this happened, the country must accept one simple fact – white male privilege does not negate white male anger. How can I say this?

Because I am a privileged, angry white male.'

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