A Vanderbilt professor who recently wrote a book impugning people in the American South and Midwest for supposed racism and for clinging to conservative political values is fending off fierce protesters during his book tour. As The Tennessee Star reported, Jonathan Metzl, professor of sociology and medicine recently wrote a book called Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America’s Heartland. Specifically, the book focused on people in Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee. Ironically, none of the protestors reportedly harassing Metzl are documented to have come from any of those three states or anywhere else in the South or Midwest. Mainstream media outlets say these protestors instead are white nationalists who have caused trouble in Washington, D.C. and California. According to TheHill.com, “white nationalist groups have targeted bookstores and library events in multiple states.” The co-founder of the American Identity Movement reportedly told The Washington Post he organized a protest at an event Metzl scheduled to promote his book. As The Star reported, according to Metzl, white Tennessee residents endanger their own health by rejecting government health care programs and by embracing pro-gun and anti-tax policies. Metzl said in a press release he set out to “understand…
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