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Dog whistle politics : how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class

Author: Ian Haney-Lopez
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition/Format:   Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Genre/Form: History
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ian Haney-Lopez
ISBN: 9780190229252 019022925X 9780199964277 0199964270
OCLC Number: 908967433
Notes: Originally published: 2014.
Description: xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents: Preface: Learning about racism at Harvard Law --
Introduction: Racial politics and the middle class --
The GOP's rise as "the white man's party" --
Beyond hate: Strategic racism --
The wrecking begins: Reagan --
The false allure of colorblindness --
Shifting the tune: Clinton and W. --
Getting away with racism --
Makers and takers: The Tea Party and Romney --
What's the matter with white voters? Commonsense racism --
Obama's post-racial strategy --
Conclusion: To end dog whistle politics.
Responsibility: Ian Haney Lopez.

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compelling narrative ... Haney Lopez contributes some useful new conceptual tools for the practical understanding of modern racial politics. * Randall Calvert, The Common Reader * Hes broken the code Read more...

 
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