What exactly is a “racist dogwhistle”?
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Adding to the pile:
I was in line at a store in Texas. A man stood behind me (cowboy boots, belt, hat) and said he knew my Aunt Regina. I told him he was mistaken, as all my Aunt’s live in a different state/in my home country.
He kept insisting with a weird smile that he knew my Aunt Regina. I later learned if you ignore the aunt and spell Regina backwards you’d get what the guy was getting at.
Another time I walk into a store and two (white) guys who were seemingly having their own conversation, switched to a different topic when I got in line behind them. They started talking about how much they hate Mondays, everyone hates Mondays, the world would be better if Mondays didn’t exist, etc.
Like yea that day of the week sucks for people working 9-5s/M-F. But it just felt out of place to have that conversation at that moment and it wasn’t even close to a Monday. Later find out Mondays is a term for black people.
So yea, racists are able to just say blatantly racist things, but people who don’t understand the language/terms being used won’t pick up on what is being said. Only other racists (or people in the know) can understand it.
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