{"product_id":"why-everyone-hates-white-liberals-including-white-liberals-a-history-hardcover","title":"Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals): A History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin M. Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bracing, accessible history of white American liberals--and why it's time to change the conversation about them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If there's one thing most Americans can agree on, it's that everyone hates white liberals. Conservatives hate them for being culturally tolerant and threatening to usher in communism. Libertarians hate them for believing in the power of the state. Socialists hate them for serving as capitalism's beard. Even liberals hate liberals--either because they can't manage to overcome their own prejudices, or precisely because they're so self-hating. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the starting point for Kevin M. Schultz's lively new history of white liberals in the United States. He efficiently lays out the array of objections to liberals--ineffective, spineless, judgmental, authoritarian, and more--in a historical frame that shows how protean the concept has been throughout the past hundred years. It turns out, he declares, that how you define a \"white liberal\" is less a reflection of reality and more a Rorschach test revealing your own anxieties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sharply assessing how decades of attacks on liberals and liberalism have steadily hollowed out the center of American political life, Schultz also explains precisely what needs to be done to avoid digging ourselves even further into the hole of polarization. The ultimate goal, he argues, is to achieve political fragmentation that will fuel the rise of a true multiparty system, where ideology will matter more, not less. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a tight command of postwar American history and a spirited voice, \u003ci\u003eWhy Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals) \u003c\/i\u003eis a must-read for anyone wishing to understand--and envision a way forward in--the complicated landscape of American politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin M. Schultz\u003c\/b\u003e is professor and chair of history at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBuckley and Mailer \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTri-Faith America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715302355277,"sku":"9780226824369","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/RNox-JS4VS9780226824369.webp?v=1762399236","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/why-everyone-hates-white-liberals-including-white-liberals-a-history-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}