num_pages: 180
description: I recommend a book by Professor Williams it is really worth a read it's called White Working Class . -- Vice President Joe Biden on Pod Save America An Amazon Best Business and Leadership book of 2017 Around the world populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile members of the professional elitejournalists managers and establishment politicians--are on the outside looking in left to argue over the reasons. In White Working Class  Joan C. Williams described as having something approaching rock star status by the New York Times  explains why so much of the elite's analysis of the white working class is misguided rooted in class cluelessness. Williams explains that many people have conflated working class with poor--but the working class is in fact the elusive purportedly disappearing middle class. They often resent the poor and the professionals alike. But they don't resent the truly rich nor are they particularly bothered by income inequality. Their dream is not to join the upper middle class with its different culture but to stay true to their own values in their own communities--just with more money. While white working-class motivations are often dismissed as racist or xenophobic Williams shows that they have their own class consciousness. White Working Class is a blunt bracing narrative that sketches a nuanced portrait of millions of people who have proven to be a potent political force. For anyone stunned by the rise of populist nationalist movements wondering why so many would seemingly vote against their own economic interests or simply feeling like a stranger in their own country White Working Class will be a convincing primer on how to connect with a crucial set of workers--and voters.
language: English
title: White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America
publisher: Harvard Business Review Press