11/If economists ignore racial resentment they'll end up pushing policies that get rejected by some of the ppl those policies would benefit.
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12/This is not to say we should design policies to help racially-resentful people feel superior to other races - we absolutely shouldn't.
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13/What it DOES mean we should think less about policies targeted toward helping the racially-resentful. Often, they're beyond out help.
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14/The feeling of "Wow, black people work at my job, now I'm no better than a black person" is not one that government can help with.
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also in addition to race, service jobs relate to specifically white male anxieties about serving others = subservience...
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whereas I suspect that proportionately, more non-whites and POC of all races are more comfortable with service jobs, bc they've seen ppl...
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*lol non-whites and women of all races, lol. But they've seen ppl who share their identity categories, who they respect, in service.
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which I think points to a hopeful kind of "cultural" solution for the problem, which is just to show more likable, respectable...
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guys of all races but esp white guys in service industry gigs.
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I have noticed this, anecdotally. Was surprised to meet Long Island blue-collar white guys upset about getting high-paid nursing jobs.
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wow. That is... kinda sad, tbh. But also surely Long Island White Guy Supporting Family With Nursing Job is ripe for sitcom-ification?
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Yeah. Maybe culture just takes some time to catch up, and sitcoms are the way that happens.
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I think mass media/art is literally the solution. But unpaid internships keeps poor whites out of media industry as surely as POC, sadly.
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