Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Tags Insecurities of people who are unsure of their place in U.S. society

Tag: insecurities of people who are unsure of their place in U.S. society

Trump and the politics of resentment

When New York billionaire and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump launched into his anti-immigrant tirade against Mexicans crossing the border, he was using a long known political technique of plugging into the live wire of American resentment of “the other.” Today, it’s Latinos, of course – more precisely, those from South of the border: Mexicans, Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Hondurans and the like.