Some Have Interpreted Donald Trump's Election as a Backlash to Eight

question 47

Essay

Some have interpreted Donald Trump's election as a backlash to eight years of white discomfort under a black president. Discuss possible connections between white fragility, Trump, and the recent rise of other white nationalist leaders.

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Definitions:

Society

A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Scalawags

Southern white Republicans—some former Unionists—who supported Reconstruction governments.

Non-slaveholding White Farmers

describes white farmers in the southern United States before the Civil War who did not own slaves, often working their own land and living in economically marginal conditions.

Southern Upcountry

A term referring to the inland regions of the southern United States, often characterized by its geography and distinct cultural or economic identity.