Explain yes, justify no. Americans--many of those who you describe--have absolutely had it with "liberal elites" and their obsessive focus on identity politics TO THE EXCLUSION OF focusing on class issues, SUCH AS the loss of their jobs.

What we saw last night was the continuation--to the nth degree--of identity politics. It's a fact there was a concerted effort over weeks to make academy members feel guilty for liking a film about white people in the time of Trump. Liberals can't help themselves.