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New Book Outlines Why White GOP Votes Against Own Interests

A new book by physician Jonathan Metzl explores how the Republican Party uses racism to fool white people into voting for policies that are against their own self-interests. In his book, Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland, Metzl argues that political beliefs like support for gun rights or opposition to the Affordable Care Act can be tied to racism. Vox’s Sean Illing spoke to Metzl about the new book in an interview that was published this week. Metzl explained:read more

 

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