Mary McNamara: How liberal Hollywood perpetuates the myth of 'real Americans'

President Trump, members of his administration and some conservative politicians get a lot of grief for their use of the term "real Americans."

The grief is justified, because, at best, the term implies that certain citizens of this country - residents of the Midwest, say, or folks with "working-class" jobs - are somehow more American than others, which is just ridiculous. At worst, the term is dog-whistle short-hand for "white people who are tired of having to share this country's resources with anyone whose face, faith or family might look a little different from theirs."

Either way, the phrase is regularly