3 ms·
> (the dog whistle used to be 'we don't want a skyline of cereal boxes') Out of curiosity, what was the actual reason behind the dog whistle? "Segregate black
by xg15 3y ago
> (the dog whistle used to be 'we don't want a skyline of cereal boxes')
Out of curiosity, what was the actual reason behind the dog whistle? "Segregate black people by... having smaller floorplates"? That doesn't make much sense to me.
- FooBarBizBazz 3y agoYeah, I'm not getting it either. The "cereal boxes" in New York and Chicago are full of offices, which are full of -- well, it's not all rich people, but a lot of them are rich.
- RC_ITR 3y agoAnti-development. One way SF planners made it hard/less economical to build towers was to force the higher floors to be smaller than lower floors (Transamerica pyramid being the near-satirical example). That has contributed significantly to SF's inability to build enough housing for the people that live there. Also a dog-whistle is any statement that sounds palatable to the mainstream, but has an underlying meaning to a politically motivated group. It doesn't only apply to today's American right.