Noah, you make a great point about stigmatization of the poor and contesting an individual's account of their own experience. I think the most important critique of Hillbilly Elegy is that if J.D. Vance could rise, anyone else could, too, as if his experience could ever be the rule rather than the exception.
Trey Crowder grew up in very similar circumstances to JD Vance and met him in 2016. Trey has plenty to say about Vance without contesting his upbringing. https://youtu.be/5eMMZksZSL8?feature=shared
....the review blurb from The Independent that one assumes Trent Crimm did not write is exactly what I got out of that book when I read it years ago. I remember being chilled, literally, by the length, breadth, and volume of the dogwhistles it contained. I credit it for educating me about how an entire generation of marginalized Americans became the sort of people who'd slap a maxi pad on their ear to honor their cult leader but mock those who'd wear a mask to keep other people from catching their germs. Worth the read to me, for that reason. You can skip the movie.
Noah, you make a great point about stigmatization of the poor and contesting an individual's account of their own experience. I think the most important critique of Hillbilly Elegy is that if J.D. Vance could rise, anyone else could, too, as if his experience could ever be the rule rather than the exception.
Yep. He just blames people for not being as successful as he is. It's gross.
Trey Crowder grew up in very similar circumstances to JD Vance and met him in 2016. Trey has plenty to say about Vance without contesting his upbringing. https://youtu.be/5eMMZksZSL8?feature=shared
Hey! They mentioned you in the CJR. A week ago, but I'm just catching up.
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/what-happened-to-j-d-vance.php
oh cool!
I thought it was pretty cool!
....the review blurb from The Independent that one assumes Trent Crimm did not write is exactly what I got out of that book when I read it years ago. I remember being chilled, literally, by the length, breadth, and volume of the dogwhistles it contained. I credit it for educating me about how an entire generation of marginalized Americans became the sort of people who'd slap a maxi pad on their ear to honor their cult leader but mock those who'd wear a mask to keep other people from catching their germs. Worth the read to me, for that reason. You can skip the movie.
Nice distinction. Quite helpful.
I suspect you came close to studying law.
hah; I did not! never had an interest in being a lawyer. I was in a history Ph.D program for a minute there though.