How someone detects dog whistling?

@KRWright KR
Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:11:18 +0000

@KRWright wrote:

Examples of 'dog whistles':

"Inner cities" - almost always refers to areas with a large amount of BIPOC, allowing a politician to say something potentially incendiary if they made specific reference to people rather than geography.

The Birth Certificate Movement - Calls for Barrack Obama's birth certificate is an example of a racist dog whistle, in that they are assuming based on race that Obama could not be eligible for President.

"Save The Children" and "Where We Go One, We Go All" - Used by QAnon as a rallying cry to disguise the anti-semitic and racist hatemongering behind a fascade of wanting to protect children etc.

"AOC+3" - a reference to four members of congress who are all BIPOC women in an attempt to undermine them based on race, without mentioning race at all in the statement.