Big White Ghetto: Dead Broke, Stone-Cold Stupid, and High on Rage in the Dank Woolly Wilds of the "Real America"

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A Field Guide to American Dysfunction An Appalachian economy that uses cases of Pepsi as money. Life in a homeless camp in Austin. A young woman whose résumé reads, &“Topless Chick, Uncredited.&” Remorselessly unsentimental, Kevin D. Williamson is a chronicler of American underclass dysfunction unlike any other. From the hollows of Eastern Kentucky to the porn business in Las Vegas, from the casinos of Atlantic City to the heroin rehabs of New Orleans, he depicts an often brutal reality that does not fit nicely into any political narrative or comfort any partisan. Coming from the world he writes about, Williamson understands it in a way that most commentators on American politics and culture simply can&’t. In these sometimes savage and often hilarious essays, he takes readers on a wild tour of the wreckage of the American republic—the &“white minstrel show&” of right-wing grievance politics, progressive politicians addicted to gambling revenue, the culture of passive victimhood, and the reality of permanent poverty. Unsparing yet never unsympathetic, Big White Ghetto provides essential insight into an enormous but forgotten segment of American society.National Review&’s roving and fiery correspondent, Kevin Williamson, is back and this time is taking a deep dive into the dysfunction of the white underclass, poverty, resentments politics, and everyone&’s favorite, the Trump phenomenon. In this collection of some of his most popular pieces from National Review, Williamson gives a fresh take on what&’s happening both within politics and everyday life across the country in a vibrant, eye-opening manner.
Copyright:
2020

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Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781621579946
Related ISBNs:
9781621579694
Publisher:
Regnery Publishing
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Copyrighted By:
Kevin D. Williamson
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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