What exactly is a “racist dogwhistle”?
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The number 88 in white supremacist circles is a coded message. The 8th letter of the alphabet is ‘H’, making 88 ‘HH’, which is code for “Heil Hitler”.
If you don’t know this code, the number 88 has no special meaning to you. See it on a bumper sticker and it doesn’t stand out.
If you’re a white supremacist, and you see that bumper sticker, you know something about the owner of that truck. This message is only one that those ‘in the know’ know, allowing them to identify each-other without being identified by others. It’s called a dogwhistle cause you can only hear it if your ‘ears’ are tuned to the right frequency.
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