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Reflection

It is interesting to see how the extent of exclusiveness is associated with different identities throughout time. From 1993 to the present, the definition of immigrants has shifted from African American to any non-American nationalities. This indicates that the society is less involved in the race talk that was once pervaded in the 1990s. Hochschild depicts an image of “Real America” in the Tea Partiers’ views- a society that orients under the doctrine of patriarchal white supremacy. Their anger is primarily targeted at people from other places, specifically women, people of color, the disabled, immigrants and refugees. In a record year of income growth, the so called outsiders of their society enjoyed the most dramatic gains. Americans in lower socio-economic status tend to blame the line-cutting groups who have taken away their white pride. Here I see how their exclusiveness is associated with socio-economic status of their own and their belief in patriarchal white supremacy. When their concept of society collapsed, Trump seems to be the person who comes to rescue: he shames every line-cutting groups. In the Washington women’s march, however, the pink hat and the clear divide between black and white women clearly exhibit the underlying heteronormative white supreme social structure. And the concept of white pride seems to be evident in white women as well.