Women Thought Leaders: Joan Williams

With women in the forefront of politics and on the cutting edge of national agendas, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe continues to provide an important, timely forum for diverse women to discuss national and international issues and policies. It presents news and views that are rarely, if ever, available elsewhere on television.

Season 26 Episode 2638 | 25m 40s | CC

In our continuing series of interviews with Women Thought Leaders, we speak with Joan Williams, author of "What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class." She discusses the way the media, politicians, and the upper class hav misunderstood America's working class and how it affected the election of Donald Trump. She discusses issues such as white privilege & class-based discrimination.

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