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[quote=Anonymous]Just finished the book and thought it was good. But I cannot figure our why someone so smart, from the background is a conservative. Here's a good review of the book: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-lives-of-poor-white-people and an interesting interview with Vance (hod to hold my nose to click on this site but it's worth the read) http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/trump-us-politics-poor-whites/ One thing that opened my eyes is that the plight of the poor whites is almost identical to poor blacks, but few see it that way. We say that poor blacks living in the inner cities don't improve their station because of their culture while for poor whites we blame it on the economy. Vance makes the point, for the Hillbillies at least, that it's a combination of the two and you are never going to get out of poverty until you change your mindset and go after opportunities even if they aren't right in front of you. [/quote]
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