Michael Tesler, political science, explains in Washington Post op-ed, Aug. 22, 2016

Economic anxiety isn’t driving racial resentment. Racial resentment is driving economic anxiety. (op-ed)

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Michael Tesler, associate professor of political science at the University of California, Irvine, [writes]: Much debate continues about whether support for Donald Trump has more to do with racial or economic anxiety. A key question in this debate − explored by Wonkblog’s Jeff Guo − is whether economic anxiety may actually cause racism.

For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/08/22/economic-anxiety-isnt-driving-racial-resentment-racial-resentment-is-driving-economic-anxiety/.