@VeryWhiteGuy & @LeslieMac are joined by Ricky from Americans United Again Podcast in a “Very Special Podcast” devoted solely to the topic of Dog Whistle Politics and Media.  Included in the discussion: Definition & History of Dog whistles in Politics, dog whistles in media, recent examples and full dissection of the story at the center of #pointergate

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Segment 1 – Intro & Definition of Dog Whistle in Media & Politics

• def. Dog-whistle—an attempt to make a group of people/segment of population (or individual person) a dangerous “other” without resorting to the kind of language that earns wide public condemnation. It allows the speaker to indulge racial taboos without ever crossing the line.

Segment 2 – History of Dog Whistle Politics

• Vice President John C Calhoun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun#Slavery
• Southern Strategy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy
• Ian Haney Lopez
  • Lecture video: https://archive.org/details/scm-385723-ianhaneylopezdogwhistlepoliti
  • on Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanHaneyLopez
  • Book: Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism & Wrecked the Middle Class

Segment 3 – Dog Whistles in Media

• http://publichealthwatch.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/dog-whistle-politics-8-sneaky-racial-code-words-and-why-politicians-love-them/

Segment 4 – Recent Examples

• http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2012/09/nixons-drug-war-re-inventing-jim-crow-targeting-counter-culture#sthash.ZpsEtJMM.dpuf
• WFLA – Florida Family Policy Council President John Stemberger speaking about recent court rulings overturning FL ban on same-sex marriage – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdK_PVQI-RQ
• http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/alex-jones-obama-put-out-a-green-light-for-groups-of-black-youths-to-kidnap-white-women/
• Bryan Fischer is the Director of Issues Analysis for the American Family Association refers to President Obama as a “juvenile delinquent” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLL0Z_RN4l8
• http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/11/04/ben-stein-calls-obama-most-racist-president-ever

Segment 5 – Dissection of #pointergate story

• http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/07/1342840/–pointergate-may-be-the-most-racist-news-story-of-2014#
• http://twentytwowords.com/minneapolis-mayor-accused-of-flashing-gang-sign-her-husband-shuts-it-down-with-hilarious-tweet/
• http://www.startribune.com/local/east/275230181.html

Songs heard in this episode:
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