A New Study Shows Us the Single Biggest Motivation for the Jan. 6 Rioters | Amanpour and Company

When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression.

This is why we need funding for public television and radio. Long-form journalism is essential in a democracy.

As a 50 year old white man I can attest to the accuracy of this. I have weekly conversations with men (mostly men) I know who will swear up and down that they don't get jobs or promotions because of who they are. They can't say what they think at work, they are disadvantaged in social setting, portrayed as bad guys in movies, viewed as out of touch with society, etc. A lot of this (but not all) is very, very overblown and doesn't take into account some of their very odious personalities. But the feeling is real for them and is definitely correlated with support for trump.

So, in other words, they're afraid they will be treated the way they have treated others. They should have paid closer attention to the golden rule.

I'm reminded of a bumper sticker I saw... "EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL DOESN'T MEAN LESS RIGHTS FOR YOU...ITS NOT PIE."

"When you're accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

This was a superb clarification. Dr. Pape breaks their findings down into digestible bits, and Michel Martin focuses intently, speeding into the heart of the matter, seeking the core truths we all hunger for. Brilliant pairing.

Wow, this was so enlightening! I feel like I got real answers to questions I’ve been asking myself for a long time. We need more of this type of journalism. Thank you so much. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

It is a loss of privilege not rights. Most Americans conflate the two.

I bet their common thread is fox, oan, and newsmax

This channel is fantastic, great interviews. People should be watching these in full. Subbed.

And, in my opinion as a white US citizen, it is the misunderstanding that 'equality' of rights for non-whites means that the remaining white population, in the counties described, fears their rights are being taken away to give them to the non-whites. This is a very childlike way of looking at what equality means within the reality of our Constitution. It's like the parental explanation that the kid with the tall thin glass vs the kid with the short wide glass each get an equal amount of juice, even though visually, the tall, thin glass appears to have more. Equality of rights does not mean one side has rights taken away and given to the other side. It means that both sides have the same rights, the same laws apply, and the same opportunities are available. Equality levels the field without taking away any rights from anyone. It means applying the same rights and laws equally and fairly to both sides, without favoring one side over the other. White people have lived with this inequality for nearly 250 years, having it constantly reinforced by legislation designed to limit the ability of non-white citizens of the US, to live with the same rights as white citizens. Whites have grown quite accustomed to this inequality working to their benefit. And it is easy for them to ignore the suffering it bring to others, because it doesn't touch their lives daily. 😎

No matter Who they were - or how affluent they are — if guilty of insurrection — they need to be JAILED and pay for their crime.

If nobody's held accountable for Jan 6th then they absolutely will learn something, namely that they can get away with absolutely anything and anytime.

Now 2 yrs after this interview,this is the first time I have heard of it !

Best explanation, I've seen on the subject. I lived in two countries in Africa Rwanda and Burundi, both of them had genocides where hundreds of thousands of people were killed for belonging to a different ethnic group. Rwanda's approach after the genocide was over is to say everyone is a Rwandan, there are no longer any ethnic groups. They have instituted policies for example where people writing the entrance exam for college are given a number to put on the entrance exam so whomever is scoring the entrance exam cannot tell what ethnic group the person belongs to. In Burundi, they do quotas. What I found was that in Burundi, there was a lot more backstabbing and division within the ethnic groups. Now there are no absolutes in this example, but my feelings after living between these two countries over 6 years is the Rwandan approach is leading towards long term healing in Rwanda. It may take generations, but I think the Burundi approach only manages the situation. I give all this information, because I think in the U.S. that we have to stop dividing people in institutions based on color or sex. If you want to base assistance base it on income, I think that would work. Poor whites are not happy when they see rich people of color getting what they think is an unfair advantage and it shouldn't be that way, base help not on color but income and wealth. People must recognise that we are in a very precarious place in our history. Germans were an advanced society that was taken over by angry people, as was Burundi and Rwanda. I loved Rwandans and Burundians, it is impossible to imagine what they were capable of. The same could happen here if we do not deal with these issues. It's not do we deal with disparities but how we do it. Martin Luther said ' judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. That is where we need to aim.

Fox news has been winding these people up for years.

I have never understood the mentality of people who believe that giving other people the same rights that I enjoy somehow diminishes me.

Agree, the Blackwater debacle is an important example of how military training and an unquestioned allegiance is a dangerous thing.

Fear can make people do unimaginable things…. Fascinating interview!