This not only perpetuates a now well debunked claim & narrative about the white working class/left behind, but that about Trump/ism/land. That's a bubble & distraction from real systemic inequalities, not their expression. 1/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/12/donald-trump-poor-white-americans-despair-leader

This is something @aurelmondon & I examine in our work, incl #ReactionaryDemocracy @VersoBooks
& our @IDjnl article 'Whiteness, populism & the racialisation of the working class in the UK & US'. Here is a blog based on it with an election update: https://www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-articles/whiteness-populism-and-the-racialisation-of-the-working-class-in-the-united-kingdom-and-the-united-states 2/

The media needs to address the myths & narratives they publish and push uncritically, partic as they legitimise reactionaries, racists and far right figures (& ideas) who claim to represent the left behind/working class/'the people'. This is how we got here. Not just Trump. 3/

We need to focus on the racism & inequalities that remain, not the one manifestation or narrative that perpetuated & distracted from them. Particularly if it is not only a myth, but locates the problem/source in working class communities as opposed to with elites & the system. 4/