In 2018, an author of one such study told the New York Times that ‘it used to be a pretty good deal to be a white, Christian male in America, but things have changed and I think they do feel threatened’. This is not only aggressive identity politics, in the sense that it is political activity along the lines of race, it is one that is based on paranoia. It is politics that does not even have the excuse or justification of grievance. It is an exercise in power maintenance or reclamation, rather than real injustices.
