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Reagan pretty much popularized the terms ("welfare queen", "strapping young bucks") with racist intent[1]: those were the images he wished to conjure-up in list

• zepto 5y ago
  I didn’t say it was a creation of the Media. I said they use it that way. It’s good to trace it back to Reagan. What is not so clear is why the person I was responding to thinks it’s their racism that causes them to think of those images, and not just that they have been exposed to Reagan’s imagery through the media.
  • mcbishop 5y ago
    You write as if one's passive racism and one's past exposure to racist sentiments are entirely separate. I think the former largely reflects the latter.
    • zepto 5y ago
      I don’t think they are entirely separate. I do think that exposure to racist sentiments has a very different effect depending on who you are. So indeed I think your personal racism is not a simple function of exposure. I’m sorry you personally have been a victim of racism exposure, and have become a passive racist as a consequence. It is a shame that society has done this to you.
      • mcbishop 5y ago
        No worries, thanks. I have internal work to do.