Historians in the age of Trump
Historians in the age of Trump
- January 9, 2017
- Vicki Ruiz, history and Chicano/Latino studies, via Inside Higher Ed, Jan. 9, 2017
Vicki Ruiz, Distinguished Professor of history and Chicano studies at the University of California, Irvine … traced Trump’s rise to two familiar phenomena: nativism and gender discrimination. She said Trump’s narrative about immigrants taking U.S. jobs, for example, proved somehow convincing to voters, despite evidence to the contrary.
For the full story, please visit https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/09/historians-make-predictions-and-recommendations-and-explore-their-role-trump-era.
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