Dog whistle politics
how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class
History, 21st Century
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations
Communication in politics
United states, politics and government, 1989-
United states, politics and government, 1945-1989
Racism
United states, race relations
Political aspects
Race relations
Politics and government
History
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 minoritie…
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