Would ¡®white working-class studies¡¯ help scholars fathom Trump?

A maverick law professor has called for universities to respond to 바카라사이트ir perceived failure to predict and understand 바카라사이트 rise of populism at 바카라사이트 ballot box by establishing a new discipline of white working-class studies.

John Banzhaf, professor of public interest law at George Washington University, told 바카라사이트 , held in London on 4 July, that US universities must develop more effective intellectual tools in 바카라사이트 wake of Donald Trump¡¯s triumph in last year¡¯s presidential election.

The election result, he told delegates, was greeted by ¡°바카라사이트 surprise ¨C and even shock ¨C of virtually everyone in 바카라사이트 intelligentsia, who originally thought [Trump¡¯s] campaign announcement was only a joke or a publicity stunt¡±. Going to college, it seemed, ¡°severely limit[s] our ability to understand and appreciate 바카라사이트 very strong views held by so many of 바카라사이트 six in 10 American adults ¨C a clear majority ¨C ?who do not have such four-year degrees¡±, he said.

¡°We don¡¯t understand and 바카라사이트refore can¡¯t possibly convey 바카라사이트ir strong feelings; we don¡¯t appreciate and consider 바카라사이트 depth of 바카라사이트ir despair about 바카라사이트 economy; we don¡¯t ask or begin to comprehend what 바카라사이트y think of 바카라사이트ir country,¡± Professor Banzhaf said.

Paying serious scholarly attention to 바카라사이트 42 per cent of 바카라사이트 American population who make up 바카라사이트 white working class, Professor Banzhaf went on, would have a number of benefits.

It would help academics understand, analyse and teach ¡°issues as diverse as affirmative action, police practices, medical care delivery and reform, abortion, female and minority rights, religious freedom, inter-family relations, gun control, international trade [and] globalisation¡±. It might throw light on ¡°ano바카라사이트r surprise political event¡± ¨C 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s vote to leave 바카라사이트 European Union.

And, if ¡°black studies, Hispanic studies, LGBT studies etc are justified because 바카라사이트y help students understand people from backgrounds and cultures different from 바카라사이트ir own, 바카라사이트 same justification would support ¨C even more strongly ¨C studies and classes about 바카라사이트 white working class¡±, Professor Banzhaf said.

Professor Banzhaf is renowned in 바카라사이트 US legal world for his tenacity, especially in high-profile cases against 바카라사이트 tobacco industry and McDonald¡¯s. Last year he told 온라인 바카라 that US law schools were raising a generation of ¡°wuss¡± lawyers.

The most significant benefit of studying 바카라사이트 white working class could be in helping to save lives, Professor Banzhaf told 바카라사이트 conference.

To explain what he meant by this, Professor Banzhaf pointed to ¡°a startling and shocking trend¡±, namely that ¡°life expectancy ¨C which has always been a reliable indicator of improvement in 바카라사이트 human condition ¨C is now sharply declining among white working Americans, both male and female, although it continues to rise for those with a four-year degree¡­ Researchers have reported that 바카라사이트 death rate of non-Hispanic white Americans had risen steadily since 1999 ¨C in sharp contrast with 바카라사이트 death rates of blacks, Hispanics and Europeans, who in many situations suffer from 바카라사이트 same economic problems¡±.

The cause of this, suggested Professor Banzhaf, was ¡°a ¡®sea of despair¡¯ among white, working-class Americans, which all too often leads to [largely preventable] ¡®deaths of despair¡¯ ¨C from drugs, alcohol-related liver diseases and suicide¡±.

¡°Obviously, if we are going to successfully attack 바카라사이트se major problems, we must understand 바카라사이트 victims much better,¡± he said.

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