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

from Daniel.Estes

What starts off as a historical review of communicating racism via covert political language to win elections, AKA dog whistle politics, eventually transforms into a plea for more public discourse on race in general. Lopez's biggest point of contention is the trend toward a belief that we have gr...

from Mithalogica

On the one hand, I love this book, and I think it's terrifically important. On the other, I was disappointed in its lack of scope. Let me back up; I received this for Early Reviewers, and I've been dithering about my review, because I can't quite decide what to say. Lopez highlights an incredibly...

from mcelhra

I found Dog Whistle Politics utterly fascinating, horrifying and heartbreaking all at the same time. López defines dog whistling as "inaudible and easily denied in one range, yet stimulating strong reactions in another."López dissects how dogwhistling started in the 1960s and let to the Republica...

from mcelhra

I found Dog Whistle Politics utterly fascinating, horrifying and heartbreaking all at the same time. López defines dog whistling as "inaudible and easily denied in one range, yet stimulating strong reactions in another."López dissects how dogwhistling started in the 1960s and let to the Republica...