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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, who exactly benefits from white privilege.  I can see myself a white, upper middle class male being born on third base, but what about white working class ethnic and people derogatorily referred to as rednecks and hillbillies.  When I told my Polish - American friend she benefitted from white priviledge, she responded that she spend two years in a refugee camp before coming to the U.S. and she has earned every single thing she has and that no one can tell her she's "priviledged." [/quote]
THIS, in large part, is what is driving Trump's popularity. Those of us who live in the DC-area bubble, where an income of $100k is considered merely OK, have a very skewed idea of the struggles that truly average whites - those with HS degrees and wages of $15 or $20/hr - deal with in their daily lives. (And that describes the majority - most people in this country are either lower-middle or working class). [b]They see all the concern - and financial benefits - go to the truly impoverished, who in many cases live an equal or even better lifestyle than they, thanks to gov't assistance.[/b] That's exacerbated by the gov't support given to illegal immigrants (largely through K-12 school support and in-state tuition but also through policies such as sanctuary cities.) They are simply fed up...and thus, the Trump revolution.[/quote]If all the advantages went to the poor, there would be NO disadvantaged.

And if you think people who are receiving some government assistance are living the lifestyle of Trump, you are delusional.  Your anger is misdirected.  Ask Trump why he finds it okay to have a gold plated toilet seat and faucets while the very people you say are struggling did not get paid by him.

The so-called Trump revolution is about Trump becoming more powerful.  If you think he will do anything that might diminish his bottom line, you are sadly mistaken.  Trump's popularity is based on a hatred of anyone different and the perception that the spoils go to illegal and minorities which couldn't be further from the truth.  The spoils go to the wealthy, and Trump is a perfect example of that, past and present. [/quote]
First, you say my anger is misplaced. I wasn't talking about myself. I was explaining how working class whites feel, and why they are angry. (Actually, you sound sort of angry.) And second, I never said people on gov't assistance live the life of Trump! But there have been studies that show it would take $x amount of dollars in income to equate to the value of gov't asst (sub housing, food stamps, welfare, etc.), and the amount was quite a bit higher than many working class people make.[/quote]

If only so many of those working class people in certain didn't keep voting for the party dedicated to limiting/eliminating the social safety net, opposing any increase to the minimum wage, opposing support for medical care, etc. then maybe they'd actually have programs to help themselves, too.[/quote]
That's the problem. They are just above the safety net, so no goodies for them. They see themselves voting to give more to other people a step down from them on the economic ladder. [/quote]

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