This demographic trope of “people who feel forgotten” is annoying. I grok anger about being actually oppressed, but if your complaint is *just* “being forgotten” a) there’s people who’ve *never* had attention b) maybe try to do more memorable things? c) What, you want a parade?
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There is a sense of being bought off with cheap superficial ceremony and being denied substantial participation in wealth creation.
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touché, my view was tied to the vibe of the ‘left’ having won the culture wars pre-2016 and then feeling alienated by “Hollywood”/the Internet/etc but yeah I suppose they do perceive that institutions are allocating more to minorities (perhaps bc of the culture war stuff? )
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