Today, the white race is more in touch with its whiteness than ever before. In the last ten years, the number of white people who feel that discrimination against the white race is a problem has tripled (Bacon). Race used to be easy to ignore for the average white person in America, but times are changing. Today, everyone is exposed to more information than ever before. The media, as well as social media, is a constant reminder of race relations. The Black Lives Matter movement, discussions about native sovereignty, the debate surrounding immigration, and the implementation of affirmative action have forced many white people to think about race as an influencing factor. At the same time, economic instability in the rust belt, the opioid epidemic
