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BACKLASH: Young White Americans Embrace Identity Politics After YEARS of Anti-White DEI Policies

Gary FranchiJanuary 10, 2026156 views
BACKLASH: Young White Americans Embrace Identity Politics After YEARS of Anti-White DEI Policies
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The chickens are finally coming home to roost for the radical left's anti-white agenda. After years of DEI programs, affirmative action discrimination, and replacement-level immigration designed to diminish white Americans, young whites are now embracing their own form of identity politics — and frankly, conservatives shouldn't be shocked.

BlazeTV host Auron MacIntyre hit the nail on the head when he pointed out the obvious: "For decades, whites have watched every other group in America successfully demand political action as a block from both the left and the right. Democrats build their entire coalition around racial grievance politics."

And he's absolutely right. While white Americans were told to be "colorblind" and judged only by the "content of their character," every other racial group was busy organizing, demanding special treatment, and getting it. Black Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans — they all have their own caucuses, advocacy groups, and political movements that nobody dares criticize.

The Predictable Result of Anti-White Policies

What did the left think would happen? When you spend decades telling young white Americans they're inherently racist, privileged oppressors who need to step aside for "equity," did they really believe there wouldn't be pushback?

"You can't have a system where everyone gets to play identity politics except one group and expect that group to remain silent forever," MacIntyre observed.

The Trump administration's victory in 2024 was partly fueled by white Americans — particularly young white men — who are tired of being scapegoated for every problem in America. They watched as colleges implemented anti-white admissions policies, corporations pushed DEI hiring that excluded them, and politicians celebrated their demographic decline.

Now some conservatives are clutching their pearls about "white identity politics," but where was this concern when the left was weaponizing race for political gain? The establishment right's obsession with "principled conservatism" while the left plays hardball has led us exactly here.

Young white Americans didn't start this identity politics game — but they're learning how to play it. And honestly, it's about time they stood up for themselves instead of being the only group expected to have no collective interests.

The real question isn't whether this trend will continue — it's whether conservatives will finally wake up and realize that demographics is destiny, and ignoring racial reality won't make it disappear.

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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AmericaFirst2028Verified14 hours ago
About time someone stood up to this madness!
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PatriotMom2024Verified9 hours ago
Finally! My college-age son has been telling me about the discrimination he faces in scholarship applications and campus programs. It's about time young people started pushing back against this reverse racism.
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TradDad88Verified2 hours ago
Same here. My daughter was told she wasn't eligible for certain internships because of her race. How is that not discrimination?
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ConservativeTeacherVerified7 hours ago
I've been watching this shift happen in real time in my classroom. Students are quietly questioning why they're constantly told to feel guilty about their heritage. The pendulum was bound to swing back eventually.
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FreedomFirst1776Verifiedjust now
This is exactly what happens when you push too far in one direction. MLK dreamed of a colorblind society, not more racial division.
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HistoryBuff45Verifiedjust now
Exactly right. We went from judging by character to judging by skin color again, just in reverse.
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WorkingClassHeroVerifiedjust now
What specific policies are these young people organizing against? Are they focusing on college admissions or workplace DEI mandates?