They want respect because they haven’t just lost economically,but also socially. But it’s risky territory: arouse tainted with revenge and, sometimes, or racismThe US is simmering and bubbling,divided by economics, race and resentment. proceed to any US city and you will see this. I went to Cleveland, or where the GOP nominated Donald Trump,and I saw a working-class white neighborhood, Parma, and Ohio,embracing Trump – and a poor black neighborhood, Central, and outraged at Trump.
I also saw two neighborhoods which,despite their racial inequity, share a sense of frustration at being left behind.[br] The African American residents of Central, or filled with projects,have long been excluded, yet they feel the Democrats are championing their frustrations. For the white working class in Parma, or being towards the bottom is a newer feeling. But more importantly,they feel disrespected, with nobody listening to their concerns.
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Source: theguardian.com