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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen That kind of language, in various forms, has been a dogwhistle of the r
by 467568985476 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_queen
That kind of language, in various forms, has been a dogwhistle of the right since Reagan started saying it at campaign rallies.
- stagbeetle 10y agoI wasn't able to find a way to calculate the prevalence of "welfare queen," but off-hand that phrase doesn't come up too often in the mainstream.
- 467568985476 10y agoHere's a Google Trends link: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=welfare%20queen https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=welfare%...
- stagbeetle 10y agoThat was going to be my go-to, but I remembered that search popularity != usage. Though, I am surprised that the term is hovering around 25%.
- Jill_the_Pill 10y agoHere's ngram -- a measure of use in books: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22welfare+queen%22%2C%22single+mother%22&year_start=1800&year_end=2017&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2C%22%20welfare%20queen%20%22%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2C%22%20single%20mother%20%22%3B%2Cc0 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22welfare+que...