System Dog Whistle Politics & Political Agenda Essay

I’m trying to study for my History course and I need some help to understand this question.

 

read DOG WHISTLE POLITICS HOW CODED RACIAL APPEALS HAVE REINVENTED RACISM AND WRECKED THE MIDDLE CLASS by: IANHANEY LÓPEZ

choose prompt read pdf and write 2 page paper Times New Roman 12-sized font, black ink, double spaced, and proofread for spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

POSSIBLE THEMES:

1. What is the overall picture Lopez paints of the Republican party? How does the Republican party fuse race into their political strategy? Explain.

2. What is “blowing a dog whistle?” Why is called a “dog whistle?” How is it used? Who is it used for?

3. Lopez notes that “dogwhistling” undermines efforts to support the middle class? How does it do that? What was the political agenda behind this?

4. How did the GOP become the “white man’s party?”

5. Summarize the rise of racially identified parties.

6. What is Richard Nixon’s role in this discussion?

7. Talk about the use of “dog whistle politics” in the last Presidential debate?

8. Write about any theme(s) of your choice in the article.