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Thursday, April 4, 2019

The Power of Language - and Racial Dog-Whistles

From Wikipedia:

Dog-whistle politics


Then...

In 1981, former Republican Party strategist Lee Atwater, when giving an anonymous interview discussing Nixon's Southern Strategy, said:[28][29][30]

And now...

During the 2016 presidential election campaign and during his presidency, Donald Trump was accused of using racial "dog whistling" techniques.[47][48][49][50][51]

Watch Bill Moyers 2014 Interview with 

Ian Haney López on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race

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