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In politics, a dog whistle is the use of coded or suggestive language in political messaging to garner support from a particular group without provoking opposition. The concept is named after ultrasonic dog whistles , which are audible to dogs but not humans.
During the heyday of the civil rights movement, defenders of racial segregation [48] [c] used the term "states' rights" as a code word in what is now referred to as dog-whistle politics: political messaging that appears to mean one thing to the general population but has an additional, different, or more specific resonance for a targeted subgroup.
The term derives from a physical "dog whistle"—an instrument that produces a sound undetectable to humans but bothersome to dogs. Likewise, what makes a dog whistle covert is that it does not expressly state a racist idea but a coded racial message that maintains a sense of plausible deniability. [27]
Critics of Donald Trump believe he may be using racist dog whistles while discussing Black litigators and political opponents in the wake of his latest indictment.. Mr Trump was indicted yet again ...
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Veteran Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher explained what he believes is the racist element to Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ (R) recent swipe at Vice President Kamala Harris, the ...
At a time when the Republican Party is struggling to gain the support of minority voters, their first debate featured a chorus of dog whistles on issues of race.. In response to a question about ...