What exactly is a “racist dogwhistle”?
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“Dogwhistle” in this context is synomonous with “euphemism”.
A statement that on it’s face to an average person might seem reasonable (or at least not overtly alarming), but to it’s target audience signals that they share some belief or sentiment that they might catch flak for if they said so outright.
This video does a very good job exploring this:
[The Death of a Euphemism](https://youtu.be/0dBJIkp7qIg)
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