This is an excellent article. But there are numerous articles like this empathizing with white workers who are victimized by our increasingly unequal economic system. That's all well and good, but we overlook the fact that other minority groups have been (and still are) victims for much longer and under more serious constraints. The truth (as taught in the book The Spirit Level) is that poverty and inequality are very much correlated with poor mental and physical health. We need unity around these issues. Writers of articles like this need to point this out.
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/08/trump-seduced-white-working-class_partner/
From the site:
I once took a drive on the back roads from Brooklyn, New York to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cruising 55mph from small town to small town, I couldn’t help but notice all the billboards advertising treatments for illnesses and ailments: back pain, fibromyalgia, asbestos exposure, cancer. This wasn’t the America I was used to. Bombed-out Main Streets, sad sack bars, Wal-Mart, and lots of pain pills. It was depressing.
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