Half of white Americans now believe "discrimination against whites" is an actual problem

[phantom power]

And 60% of the "white working class."

Even more astonishing (to me, at least), a full quarter of latinos and blacks actually agree.

In a new poll released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) on Tuesday, a whopping 43 percent of Americans told researchers that discrimination against whites has become as large a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minority groups. And an even bigger share of Americans — 53 percent — told pollsters American culture and “way of life” have mostly changed for the worse since 1950.

First, there are some real and large differences in the way that different groups of Americans answered those two questions up above. Half of white Americans — including 60 percent of the white working class — told researchers that discrimination against whites has become as big a problem today as discrimination against blacks and other minorities. Meanwhile, 29 percent of Latinos and 25 percent of black Americans agreed. White Americans feel put-upon and mistreated — and large shares of non-white Americans do not seem to have any knowledge of the challenges that white Americans say they face.

This is the base of the Trump voter and rise of proto-fascism in the United States in the last few years. White people frankly want a return to their romanticized vision of the white dominant past in ways that would not look unfamiliar to supporters of Hitler and Mussolini. Race has always been a zero-sum game for many American whites and periodically large numbers of whites enter into a period of full-fledged racial hysteria, even if to the rational community who can look at any number of metrics, this makes no sense. I will however say that the numbers of the white working class are particularly important because the economic insecurity of an outsourced and automated economy, the effects of which are swept under the rug by the many proponents of unrestricted globalization, are very real. I have said for a long time that if you want a stable society you have to have good paying jobs. Without those jobs, racial and religious prejudice becomes even more powerful than it usually is. That is part of what we are seeing in this recent rise of proto-fascism. It’s scary and should make us rethink a lot about the society we want to build before it’s too late.

http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/11/oh-white-people-2

[leftofcool]

1. So white folks think they are being mistreated? They are being discriminated against?

This isn't even worthy of a comment.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Trust me, it's the influence of years of AM talk radio

Turn on your average nutbar at the local station and you'll hear that and worse...

[2pooped2pop]

2. I don't believe it's a problem

nor do I believe it's a solution.

[Orrex]

3. They "now" believe it?

I'm surprised that it's taken so long for that stupid delusion to take hold.

I rather suspect that it's akin to the shockingly widespread bigotry and xenophobia revealed in the discussion of Syrian refugees; it was there all along but hidden beneath the surface.

[pipoman]

4. Hyperbolic Godwinism

[Buzz Clik]

9. Not really.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_Law

[hobbit709]

5. Anyone that believes that has a problem all right, but not the one they think they have.

[Android3.14]

6. "Meanwhile, 29 percent of Latinos and 25 percent of black Americans agreed."

From here

[brush]

13. Those are the Clarence Thomas-Ben Carson types

Always kissing ass and saying look at me white folks, I'm different and not like those others.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Duh!

I can think of nothing better. This is just stupid

[Android3.14]

8. Here is the link to the actual study

PRRI report

The GOP hates PRRI.

[marmar]

10. Translation: The country is nearly 40-percent non-white, there are non-white people in jobs like....

.... president, and it's very threatening. ...... There are lots of insecure people out there.

[kentuck]

11. Perception is reality.

Whether true or not.

[Igel]

17. That only works in a small, restricted set of directions.

Some perceptions must not be challenged.

Some perceptions must be challenged.

I've benefited it. I've been hurt by it.

When you reward grievances, you encourage grievance. Simple behavioral psych. Declaring that you're picked on or slighted because of racism is a good defense for everybody, if you can pull it off. And given how group boundaries are becoming more salient, more important, and more reinforced among some cohorts it's not surprising.

[Buzz Clik]

12. Here's the data:

It's easy to see that our insanely paranoid friends on the right are driving this; and, you'd have to be insane to believe that " discrimination against whites has become as big a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minorities."

The report is an interesting read. Give it a look: http://publicreligion.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/PRRI-AVS-2015-Web.pdf

[newfie11]

14. This is bullshit

And I'm white!

[Starry Messenger]

15. K&R

[brush]

16. Low information stupidity reigns

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Those white people who think they are discriminated against need to redirect their anger at the 1% who are off-shoring their jobs, cutting unemployment benefits and denying them single payer healthcare.

They should also look past their supposed white privilege, because they are not so fu_king privileged, and get in the game and join the fight because they are in the same boat as blacks and browns.

Of course this will never happen because they are being brainwashed 24/7 by Faux Noise and right wing radio to keep voting in the 1 percenters' puppet politicians who do their dirty work for them.

The 1 percenters don't give a sh_t about low info whites or blacks or browns, and for that matter, their bought-and-paid-for politicians either.

[maxsolomon]

18. To the Privileged, Equality feels like Discrimination.

"I'm not black, but there's a lot of times I wish I could say I'm not white." - F. Zappa

[Johonny]

20. Ben Shapiro said this on his morning radio show. He think black on white racism is way up

but white on black is way down. He blames Obama of course. Fox news destroys your brain.