Praise for Outclassed
“The book is filled with wonderful details about the things elites simply don’t understand about working people, like the fact that hunting might well be about keeping the fridge
full rather than toxic masculinity.”
— Rana Foroohar, Financial Times“A rousing roadmap.”
— Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation.“Williams deftly debunks liberal myths and, with generosity, finds moral value in conservative politics.”
— Kirkus Reviews“For anyone who finds it hard to understand what on earth is happening in American politics."
— Jonathan Haidt, author of NYT bestseller The Anxious Generation"Bold and intriguing. Williams’ voice is needed now more than ever."
— Rep. Ro Khanna, 17th district of California
“Williams mobilizes wisdom, expertise, and impeccable political instinct to show the way and address a pressing need…Outclassed urgently deserves your attention. Now!"
— Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, author of Seeing Others"This is a book we need, not only the Left but all Americans."
— Anne-Marie Slaughter, former President and CEO, New America"Williams is a unicorn.
A researcher, policy maker, and visionary, she offers hope for the future."
— Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play“If you want to understand better what went wrong during the U.S. COVID response, read this book."
— Dr. Monica Gandhi, UCSF Medical School, author of Endemic“Williams’ great gift is dissecting the interactions of culture and class to show how political polarization results from a chain reaction where economic inequalities feed social differences, thereby fusing class conflicts with culture wars.”
— David Kusnet, Washington MonthlyOutclassed stands out by advancing a compelling case that captures the findings of contemporary political science for an audience searching for insights without trudging through regression tables.
— Matthew Lucky, Stigler Center
Praise For White Working Class
"I recommend a book by Professor Williams; it is really worth a read. It's called White Working Class."
— President Joe Biden
"Joan C. Williams has an uncanny knack for striking at the core of complicated issues, first gender and now class. No one should have an excuse for ‘class cluelessness’ after reading this book―and everyone should read it."
— Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New American
"Joan C. Williams has written an urgently needed Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus for the professional elite and the white working class, only better. Each chapter illuminates a core source of misunderstanding, and together they chart a way to bring the country together without abandoning the values of the minorities in the coalition. Read this highly important book and let’s get to it."
— Arlie Russell Hochschil, Author, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
"In this blunt, compelling, tightly argued manifesto, Joan C. Williams sets out to truly understand the white working class, whose raw anger was so evident during the recent presidential race."
— Tony Schwartz, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working; CEO, The Energy Project
"In 2018, in the middle of the Trump era, Biden — who favors biographies and volumes on comparative religion — became obsessed with...“White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America,” by Joan C. Williams. He carried [it] everywhere, scrawling notes on the pages and pulling out well-worn copies to share passages."
— Weightlifting, Gatorade, birthday calls: Inside Biden’s day", The Washington Post
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