Angry white male

Not to be confused with Angry young men.
For the book about racism in the UK, see Angry White People.

The "angry white male" or "angry white man" is a pejorative racial stereotype of white men holding conservative or right-wing views in the context of U.S. and Australian politics, often characterized by "opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory or gender policies" and beliefs.[1][2] The term is usually applied to white men from the United States and Australia.[3] In the United States, the greatest perceived threat to white male dominance has been advances of white women and people of color following the women's liberation movement and Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, in addition to immigration, multiculturalism and LGBT rights.[4]

  1. ^ "angry white man". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2006, angry white male n. (also with capital initials) Polit. (orig. and chiefly U.S.) a (usually working-class) white man with-right wing views (typically including opposition to liberal anti-discriminatory policies), esp. viewed as representing an influential class of voter
  3. ^ Blake, John (November 20, 2021). "There's nothing more frightening in America today than an angry White man". CNN. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Steven M. Gillon (October 28, 2021) [2017-08-29]. "Why are so many white men so angry?". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.[please check these dates]