Angry White Man: Difference between revisions

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A [[Stereotype Flip]] in which a white person (usually a man, as the title suggests) sees himself as a victim of injustice or unkind behavior at the hands of minorities or [[Boomerang Bigot|turncoat whites]].

The type first appeared in large numbers in the mid-1960s, when "affirmative action" became official government hiring policy. This meant that a white person could experience "reverse discrimination" by being turned down for a job in favor of a member of a minority group, since the place of employment had quotas to fill and there already existed a proportionate number of whites. Now that affirmative action has been reformed so that economic status is taken into account as well as race, it isn't much of a controversy ~~anymore -- so~~ the ire of the Angry White Man has shifted to less tangible targets.

The type first appeared in large numbers in the mid-1960s, when "affirmative action" became official government hiring policy. This meant that a white person could experience "reverse discrimination" by being turned down for a job in favor of a member of a minority group, since the place of employment had quotas to fill and there already existed a proportionate number of whites. Now that affirmative action has been reformed so that economic status is taken into account as well as race, it isn't much of a controversy anymore—so the ire of the Angry White Man has shifted to less tangible targets.

He's frequently exasperated by [[Political Correctness Gone Mad|overly generous attempts to incorporate minorities into the modern American cultural fabric]] (or [[Politically-Correct History|not-so-modern]], for that matter); [[White And Nerdy|media stereotypes]] [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy|of whites]] [[Piss-Take Rap|as stupid, unfashionable, and/or "un-ethnic"]]; [[Everything Is Racist|the supposed scapegoating of white people for everything that goes wrong in the world]]; or just the general feeling that he soon might be the [[Last of His Kind]].

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Figuratively, the character doesn't have to be white, or a man. The trope can apply to any type of character who is constantly railing against discrimination.

The original prototype was probably Archie Bunker of ''[[All in The Family]]'' ~~-- although~~, in fact, he was [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|a lot less angry]] [[Unbuilt Trope|than many of his successors]].

The original prototype was probably Archie Bunker of ''[[All in The Family]]''—although, in fact, he was [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|a lot less angry]] [[Unbuilt Trope|than many of his successors]].