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The "angry white man" or "angry white male" is a cultural
stereotype In social psychology, a stereotype is a generalized belief about a particular category of people. It is an expectation that people might have about every person of a particular group. The type of expectation can vary; it can be, for example ...
of white men holding conservative or
right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...
views in the context of U.S. and Australian politics, often characterized by "opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory policies" and beliefs. The term is usually applied to white men from the United States and
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. In the United States, the greatest perceived threat to white male dominance has been advances of white women and people of color following the women's liberation movement and Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, in addition to immigration, multiculturalism and LGBT rights.


United States

The term commonly refers to a political voting bloc which emerged in the early 1990s as a reaction to perceived injustices faced by white men in the face of affirmative action quotas in the workplace. Angry white men are characterized as having animosity toward young people, women or minorities, and liberalism in general. Donald Trump's male supporters have been described by some political commentators as angry white men.


Australia

It appeared during Australia's 1998 federal elections. New political parties appeared in that election due to the preexisting fathers' rights movement in Australia. These included the Abolish Family Support/Family Court Party and the Family Law Reform Party. Similar to the usage of the term in the United States, the Australian men categorized as angry white men opposed what they perceived as the feminist agenda. These political parties were created as a reaction to the historic number of women elected to the House of Representatives. Members of these groups claimed that "feminists have entrenched themselves in positions of power and influence in government and are using their power to victimise men". Senator Eric Abetz from the centre-right Liberal Party, arguing against Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, said in 2016 that it was "passing strange" that the Australian Human Rights Commission does not seem to care about what he perceives as "racist terminology" such as angry white man, but does care if another color is used to describe someone. "One cannot help but think that the term 'white' can only refer to skin colour and therefore ouare making reference to a skin colour ndone assumes it must have been on the basis of race that the comment was made", he commented.


In popular culture

The term is applied to those believed to be opposed to the civil rights movement and second-wave feminism. The films ''
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's performances in '' Dirty Harry'' and '' Gran Torino'' have been described as an exploration of the angry white man. In particular, the protagonist of ''Falling Down'' (a divorced, laid-off defense worker who descends via chance and choice into a spiral of increasing rage and violence) was widely reported upon as a representative of the stereotype. The character Archie Bunker from the TV sitcoms '' All in the Family'' and ''
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'' "turned the angry white male into a cultural icon", according to
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. Walter White in the television series ''
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'' has also been described as an "angry white male".


See also

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Alt-right The alt-right, an abbreviation of alternative right, is a far-right, white nationalist movement. A largely online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late 2000s before increasing in popularity during the mid-2 ...
* American Dream *
Angry black woman The angry black woman stereotype is a racial trope in American society and media that portrays Black American women as inherently ill-mannered and ill-tempered. Related concepts are the "Sapphire" or "Jezebel". Among stereotypes of groups wi ...
* ''
Angry White Men ''Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an Era'' is a sociological critique of the angry white male phenomenon in America by Michael Kimmel, first published in 2013. The book was re-published in April 2017 with a new preface by Kim ...
'' *
Angry young man Angry young man or angry young men may refer to: * British New Wave, or the ''Angry Young Man'' genre, a British film genre of the 1960s * Angry young men, a journalistic catchphrase applied to some British writers of the mid-1950s *'' Fenqing'', a ...
(South Korea) * Angry young men (United Kingdom) *
Antisemitism Antisemitism (also spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism) is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews. A person who holds such positions is called an antisemite. Antisemitism is considered to be a form of racism. Antis ...
*
Christian nationalism Christian nationalism is Christianity-affiliated religious nationalism. Christian nationalists primarily focus on internal politics, such as passing laws that reflect their view of Christianity and its role in political and social life. In count ...
* Christian privilege *
Criminal stereotype of African Americans African Americans, and African American males in particular, have an ethnic stereotype in which they are portrayed as dangerous criminals. This stereotype is associated with the fact that African Americans are proportionally over-represented in the ...
* The fiery Latina and the hot señorita * Identity politics * Incel *
Male privilege Male privilege is the system of advantages or rights that are available to men solely on the basis of their sex. A man's access to these benefits may vary depending on how closely they match their society's ideal masculine norm. Academic studi ...
*
NASCAR dad ''NASCAR dad'' is a phrase that broadly refers to a demographic group of often white, usually middle-aged, working-class or lower-middle-class men in North America. The group received the nickname because they are men who are believed to typically ...
* Play the white man * Right-wing terrorism * Racism * Soccer mom *
Stereotypes of white Americans Stereotypes of white people in the United States are generalizations about the character, behavior, or appearance of white Americans by other Americans in the United States. For stereotypes about Americans by people of other nationalities, see Ste ...
*
Straight privilege Heteronormativity is the concept that heterosexuality is the preferred or normal mode of sexual orientation. It assumes the gender binary (i.e., that there are only two distinct, opposite genders) and that sexual and marital relations are most ...
* Systemic bias * Toxic masculinity * White backlash * White nationalism * White pride * White privilege * White supremacy


References

Citations


Further reading

* Faludi, Susan (1999) '' Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man''. New York: William Morrow and Company, * Root, Wayne Allyn (2016) ''Angry White Male – How the Donald Trump Phenomenon is Changing America — and What We Can All Do to Save the Middle Class''. Skyhorse Publishing,


External links


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