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1) Dog whistle politics: how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class
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xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Campaigning for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan told stories of Cadillac-driving "welfare queens" buying T-bone steaks with food stamps. In trumpeting these tales of welfare run amok, Reagan never needed to mention race, because he was blowing a dog whistle: sending a message about racial minorities inaudible on one level, but clearly heard on another. In doing so, he tapped into a long political tradition that is more relevant than ever in the age...
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