Angry white male
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Angry White Male is the designation of a voting bloc of White males in the United States who are concerned with what they perceive as favoritism towards non-Whites and women in government, business, media, education, and other institutions. The term came into mainstream media use during and after the midterm elections of 1994 in which White males supported Republican candidates by a 24 % margin (compared to a 6 % margin in 1986 and a 4 % margin in 1990). A subsequent study showed that there was widespread anger with the Democratic party among White males. The term is most often used by leftists and is associated with various grassroots conservative movements and a backlash against political correctness. However, more recently the term is regarded as outdated and unacceptable because it carries with it an implicit charge of racism.
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- Reeher, Grant, and Cammarano, Joseph. "In Search of the Angry White Male: Gender, Race, and Issues in the 1994 Elections." In Clinker, Philip. Midterm: The Elections of 1994 in Context. Boulder, Colorado: Westview, 1996, pp. 125-136.
