“Poor little white man.

The myth of racial dispossession ”, by Sylvie Laurent

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Cover of the book “Pauvre petit Blanc.

The myth of racial dispossession ”by Sylvie Laurent.

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By: Sylvie Noël Follow

11 min

On January 20, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

Over the course of the appointments, he draws the outlines of an administration that reflects America's diversity, in opposition to his predecessor, Donald Trump, who speech after speech, for four years, mainly addressed the electorate and forged the idea of ​​the white victim of discrimination, even anti-white racism. 

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The outgoing president even managed to convince a majority of white Americans that preserving and even restoring their status was their priority because it would have been confiscated from them.

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Poor little White.

The myth of racial dispossession

 published by editions of the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Sylvie Laurent, historian and Americanist, deciphers the origins of this discourse and shows that it is a myth.

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