This is a pipe dream but I want Hillbilly Elegy brought up as often as possible. There is a very small chance that Vance could lose Appalachia for Trump.
I would like to know more because I have some good friends in Appalachia (Eastern Kentucky). Can you elaborate? What about it is inaccurate, condescending, and insulting?
This is a pipe dream but I want Hillbilly Elegy brought up as often as possible. There is a very small chance that Vance could lose Appalachia for Trump.
Why would Hillbilly Elegy have that effect?
The book is largely considered inaccurate, condescending, and insulting around these parts.
I would like to know more because I have some good friends in Appalachia (Eastern Kentucky). Can you elaborate? What about it is inaccurate, condescending, and insulting?
Here’s an interview with Silas House that talks about some of it.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/06/jd-vance-book-dangerous-00030374