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Book

Dog whistle politics : how coded racial appeals have reinvented racism and wrecked the middle class

Call Number

  • 305.8 H237 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

Physical Description

xiv, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents

  • Preface. Learning about racism at Harvard Law
  • Introduction. Racial politics and the middle class
  • The GOP's rise as "the white man's party"
  • Beyond hate : strategic racism
  • The wrecking begins : Reagan
  • The false allure of colorblindness
  • Shifting the tune : Clinton and W.
  • Getting away with racism
  • Makers and takers : the Tea Party and Romney
  • What's the matter with white voters? : Commonsense racism
  • Obama's post-racial strategy
  • Conclusion. To end dog whistle politics.

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