{"id":116401,"date":"2017-08-09T08:02:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=116401"},"modified":"2017-08-09T08:02:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:02:56","slug":"nyt-the-political-payoff-of-making-whites-feel-like-a-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=116401","title":{"rendered":"NYT: ‘The Political Payoff of Making Whites Feel Like a Minority’"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Times<\/a>: <\/p>\n

The data show that race is less important to white Americans\u2019 sense of self than to nonwhites \u2014 more white people say being white is not at all important to their identity relative to the numbers who say so in other groups. But Mr. Trump\u2019s continued efforts to remind white Americans of their group status may increase the number of white people who think of themselves through a racial lens. It is one of the ways that his campaign and presidency may reshape public opinion and politics.<\/p>\n

He is capitalizing both on an existing sense of threat among white voters and the opportunity to shape the way whites \u2014 because of their group membership \u2014 think of themselves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Times: The data show that race is less important to white Americans\u2019 sense of self than to nonwhites \u2014 more white people say being white is not at all important to their identity relative to the numbers who … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t