The American habitus was forged partly by the conquest of Native land and partly by the experiences of superiority and entitlement among white enslavers.

Studies show that college-educated white Americans value having choice -- and yet having too much choice can paralyze and lead to dissatisfaction.

Ronald Reagan invoked Dr. King's legacy to fit with his larger political and rhetorical aims. 

People who oppose gun control tend to be white, male, Protestant, and living in the West, Mountain states, or South.