Looking Out for Working-Class Whites Lipton Matthews, American Renaissance, January 9, 2020 Editor’s Note: This essay was written by Lipton Matthews, a black libertarian who writes for mainstream publications, such as The Federalist and Intellectual Takeout. While the grievances of women, blacks and others frequently make headlines, working-class white people are satirized as uneducated rednecks. Journalists would never use the n-word on blacks, but mainstream pundits rarely exercise restraint when berating the white working-class. It seems that all marginalized groups in America are entitled to sympathy except less successful whites. Credit Image: Paul Keheler / Wikimedia Ignoring the distress of struggling white Americans can fuel an insidious form of white identity politics. If these forgotten Americans feel that their grousing is unimportant, then they may become easy targets for demagogues hungry for power. Proposing strategies to help people due to their race or sex, even when they don’t need it, is a slap in the face of working-class whites who are suffering. For example, allocating millions to programs to increase the share of women in STEM, when we know that choices of profession are related to the dissimilar interests of men and women is insane. Pandering to every group in America except for working-class whites smacks of racism and snobbery.