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There was no race stated anywhere in the comment, so I believe you meant to use a word something like "stereotypical".
by ratsmack 10y ago
There was no race stated anywhere in the comment, so I believe you meant to use a word something like "stereotypical".
- daveguy 10y agoWe're grownups here. It doesn't require an explicit reference to race to read between the lines. That stereotype is a historically racist get-out-our-kind-of-voters code.
- jmcgough 10y agoTo expand on this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics
- bhickey 10y agoNo, he didn't. This stereotypical depiction of welfare is a racial dog whistle. The whole point is to say "black" without saying "black".