Angry white male

Angry white male is a word for white men holding conservative or right-wing views.[1][2] The term is often used when talking about the politics of the United States.[3]

Origin

The word mostly refers to a group which emerged in the early 1990s. They reacted to what they thought were injustices created by "affirmative action."

Development

An angry white male is opposed to anti-discrimination policies (such as affirmative action) that benefit racial minorities and women. Supporters of Donald Trump are sometimes said to be angry white men.[4]

In Australia

The term "angry white male" is also used in Australia to talk about men who do not like feminism.

The term is used for those believed to be opposed to the Civil Rights Movement and second-wave feminism.[5]

Other websites

  • There's nothing more frightening in America today than an angry White man Archived 2024-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • Kimmel, Michael (25 April 2017). Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-56858-962-6.

References

  1. ↑ "angry white male". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. ↑ Dent, Susie (2003). The Language Report. Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-19-860860-8.
  3. ↑ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2006, angry white male n. (also with capital initials) Polit. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) a (usually working-class) white man with-right wing views (typically including opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory policies), esp. viewed as representing an influential class of voter
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ Rosin, Hanna (November 24, 2013) "Even Madder Men: 'Angry White Men,' by Michael Kimmel" (review) The New York Times
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