Arlie Russell Hochschild's 'Strangers in Their Own Land' shows that lower-class white Louisianans vote for Bobby Jindal even as he pollutes their water and environment, voting against their material interests, yet both Hochschild (liberal) and Vance (conservative) argue this has nothing to do with race—suggesting class resentment is the real driver.
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Frank RichEvidence Quote
“one of the interesting things about um uh vance's book about hillbilly elegy but also about the um uh uh sociologist ali hawk shielded this book about louisiana about louisiana uh strangers in their own land”
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Nancy Isenberg - White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America— Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter CollegeCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:12:44 PM
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