Supporters cheer for then-candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year in Tampa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)“Donald Trump has become a white working-class symbol because he is the one who has returned them to prominence in American politics.”Unlike anyone I’ve read or talked to since the November election, Justin Gest has helped me to really understand why President Trump won white working-class voters and hasn’t thus far lost their support. (Jessica Stahl/The Washington Post)Working-class whites feel not only voiceless, but also silenced, especially in matters involving race. “The way they understood racism is different from the way we understand racism,” said Gest. “Much of white working-class politics has been to create distinction with a group that they thought they were above,” Gest told me.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2017 14:37 UTC