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Appalachia

FM123

(10,167 posts)

1. Great article!

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2020, 10:50 AM

May 2020

I can't wait to read the book! The part that really stood out to me was this:

Desperate to see themselves as normal and deserving, rich white Americans project their unacknowledged bigotry and idiocy down and out. Focusing on the ignorance and naked racism of poor whites allows them to conveniently overlook their own covert racism and the myriad benefits accrued by subscribing to it.

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"What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia," By Elizabeth Catte, Book Review [View all] appalachiablue May 2020 OP

Great article! FM123 May 2020 #1

Eliz. Catte is an excellent writer, I also need to get her book. appalachiablue May 2020 #3

I'm so sick of people implying I need to psychologically analyze the poor white republicans of Squinch May 2020 #2

Well, part of what this book is about is the fact that Appalachia is NOT all white. Withywindle Jun 2020 #7

I spent a lot of time in rural eastern Kentucky.. luvs2sing May 2020 #4

Thanks for posting, when I first saw JD Vance appalachiablue May 2020 #5

Moral of the story - capitalism sucks for working people /nt al bupp May 2020 #6