Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class

by Ian F. Haney-Lopez and Ian F. Haney-López

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Campaigning for president in 1980, Ronald Reagan told stories of Cadillac-driving "welfare queens" and "strapping young bucks" 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 started...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199964270

ISBN13:9780199964277

Release Date:January 2014

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 9.3" x 6.4"

Related Subjects

Discrimination & Racism History Law Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences

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