Dog Whistle Politics is one of most well written books which have effectively managed to bring out the theme of racism by giving a detailed analysis of the subject. This book was written by Haney-López, Ian. Haney-López is one of the distinguished writers of his time who also happens to be Law professor at the University of California. In most of his publications, he has certainly been able to explain the link between wealth inequality in the American society and racial divisions that exist in the country. He has also managed to explain how the conservative politicians have managed to rely on this racial pandering to convince many voters to vote for them.
Ian Haney is at the forefront of many conversations about race in Modern America and he has given tremendous contributions to the same. The book traces the role of racial demagoguery in American politics in facilitating the return of U.S. robber baron era and creating hostility liberalism. Ronald Reagan has been described by the author as blowing a dog whistle when he told stories about Cadillac-driving strapping young bucks and buying T-bone steaks while campaigning for the high office. according to the author, such rhetoric has no place because …show more content…
Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney Lopez tackles the very cause of the rising social inequality in the country. In this book. Lopez argues that, 'dog-whistle' racial politics contributed to increasing inequality in America since the 1960s. He bases his arguments on actual happenings such as the use of teleprompter by the former US president Barack Obama to address the few in the black community that doubted his abilities and intelligence as a president. In his arguments, Lopez suggests that, the very existence of the dog whistle tactic has prompted the passing of messages to given groups and select populations, favoring only they that understand the language well enough to react to the message it
Ian Haney is at the forefront of many conversations about race in Modern America and he has given tremendous contributions to the same. The book traces the role of racial demagoguery in American politics in facilitating the return of U.S. robber baron era and creating hostility liberalism. Ronald Reagan has been described by the author as blowing a dog whistle when he told stories about Cadillac-driving strapping young bucks and buying T-bone steaks while campaigning for the high office. according to the author, such rhetoric has no place because …show more content…
Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney Lopez tackles the very cause of the rising social inequality in the country. In this book. Lopez argues that, 'dog-whistle' racial politics contributed to increasing inequality in America since the 1960s. He bases his arguments on actual happenings such as the use of teleprompter by the former US president Barack Obama to address the few in the black community that doubted his abilities and intelligence as a president. In his arguments, Lopez suggests that, the very existence of the dog whistle tactic has prompted the passing of messages to given groups and select populations, favoring only they that understand the language well enough to react to the message it