Angry white male
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Angry White Male
→ noun chiefly US a right-wing or anti-liberal white man, especially a working-class one.
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Angry white male
Angry white male (AWM) is a pejorative term which typifies a white male who holds traditional conservative views, especially in the context of U.S. politics and total opposition to racial quotas, political correctness, affirmative action, anti-discrimination policies, and other liberal policies.[1][2] The expression can be synonymous with the term "grumpy old man." The predominant characteristic is a longing for the "way things used to be," and a belief that the world was better "back then."[citation needed]
The movies Joe, Falling Down, and Gran Torino have been described as a definitive exploration of the angry white male concept. The protagonist of Falling Down, a former defense worker who descends into a spiral of increasing rage and violence, was widely reported upon as a representative of the stereotype.[3]
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- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2006, http://www.oed.com, "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"
- ^ Reeher, Grant; Cammarano, Joseph (1996). "In Search of the Angry White Male". In Niemi, Richard G.. Midterm: The Elections of 1994 in Context. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. pp. 125–36. ISBN 978-0-8133-2818-8.
- ^ Gutiérrez-Jones, Carl Scott (2001). Critical race narratives. pp. 61–5. ISBN 978-0-8147-3145-1. http://books.google.com/?id=_Zc0e8caLkEC.
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