Dog Whistle Politics Chapter Summaries

The new Republican candidate Trump has opened the door for many people to show discrimination against groups of minorities. Sullivan states, “The racial aspect of this is also unmissable. When the enemy within is Mexican or Muslim, and your ranks are extremely white, you set up a rubric for a racial conflict. And what’s truly terrifying about Trump is that he does not seem to shrink from such a prospect; he relishes it.” (Sullivan 10) In other words, Sullivan believes that Donald Trump is not promoting equality. Rather than being the people’s voice he is actually advocating racial discrimination against targeted minority groups. He even seems to finds enjoyment towards the race bashing of the targeted individuals. As an individual of the target group I feel as if this is a prime example of how weak our democracy is. We are raised to feel that we are all equal due to the Constitution, which was formed by our founding

61% of the eligible electorate voted in the 1968 presidential election (Nicholas, 1969), while only 58.6% voted in the 2012 presidential election (Kernell et al., 2016, p. 450). Although national voting rates in 2008 and 2012 were lower than historical rates, voting rates among minorities were at an all time high. This suggests that there is an inverse relationship between national voting rates and minority voting rates, at least in the context of the 1968, 2008, and 2012 elections: if one rate rose, the other fell. Further research on why this occurs would be beneficial for future presidential elections. Voting rates among immigrants are still very low compared to native born voting rates, so efforts to encourage political participation among immigrants should be increased. Efforts to increase the national voting rate (including all races and ethnicities) should also be

The wide spread communication and popularity of the three chosen candidates, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and Ben Carson, are especially important in this research as their policies are broadcast over many media forms and to millions of viewers. The majority of research into this subject uses a ‘big picture’ kind of immigration language, by focusing explicitly on candidates we can explore the more marked influence these words

Although my main focus of my mockumentary was Trump’s issue with Mexicans, I’d like to expand the focus onto Trump’s racism, xenophobia and general thoughts, policies and views that have offended many different individuals and groups of people. I believe that these things he has said he would do should nullify his eligibility to run for president.

In the presidential campaigns, candidates have been slandering each other and conflicting ideas. This has created a strong rivalry between the two main political parties. Some Democrats hate the Republican party and vice versa. Donald Trump has used a plethora of derogatory language to describe his opponents and any group he does not like (such as immigrants and Mexicans). The other candidates have done the same thing to each other, though arguably to a lesser degree.

An interview between the Inskeep, Montagne, Bush, and many more speakers are discussing there are a lot of illegal immigrants that come to America. George Bush states, “

Trump has stated his plans for filling the supreme court with those whom he trusts, and many of those have racist beliefs and ideas of white supremacy. Mike Pence, the current vice president, has written on his previous policy page that he believes “Congress should oppose any effort to put gay and lesbian relationships on an equal legal status with heterosexual marriage.” (Ford) Many of his other candidates for these positions share these views against the small LGBTQ+ community, along with hate against other religion and races. There has been an evident rise in crime against minorities, mainly including Mexican, African-American, Muslim, and LGBTQ+ citizens, that has arisen after election day. Robert Boyce from the New York Police Department said, “We had a huge spike, right after Election Day…” (Botfeld) Facts show that New York had a 35 percent rise in hate crimes after the election, compared to 2015. In many of Trump’s speeches, he mentions racist and sexist comments, one of his most popular comments being, “[Mexico is] sending people that have lots of problems, and they are bringing those problems to us. They are bringing drugs, and bringing crime, and their rapists...” (Angry White Men) Trump has spread his message, and after this election, the amount of hate crimes against the Muslim community was “... second only to the surge in hate crimes following the 9/11 attacks...” (Al Jazeera News And News Agencies) The profligate increase that is still ongoing, was made most prominent after Trump was voted in as the president of the United

“The Limit of Trumpism,” discusses how Trump’s agenda has kept him in the presidential election. Many have tried to follow his agendas but have caused them to lose the primaries. The article also demonstrates the limits to Trump. The biggest fault Trump has is reaching minorities. Instead of trying to entice minorities he is bashing immigrants. The author believes that this area of ignorance is causing Trump to lose in the polls.

In recent events, Trump is trying to isolate America to the rest of the world while trying to deport people of a certain race/ethnicity. With the “Muslim Ban”, people began to see that Trump is doing things that they do not want him to do, and, more recently, people apart of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs (Dreamers) are under threat of deportation back to their home countries. An author, Leon Panetta, wrote an article about these events, and he wanted the whole world to know that even though Trump is the president of America, he does not truly represent the people. Leon Panetta uses rhetorical devices to help persuade his audience to know that Trump does not represent who Americans are.

The comments — and many more since — have prompted an uproar among Latino groups and acrimonious breakups between Trump and various corporate partners. His outlandish rhetoric and skill at occupying the national spotlight are also proving to be dangerously toxic for the GOP brand, which remains in the rehabilitation stage after losing the 2012

Dog Whistle Politics by Ian Haney Lopez seeks to expound on the possibility of the society turning a blind eye to racism. It teaches society on the importance of ensuring that the future judges one another on the basis of their character and values and not the color of their skin.

Dog Whistle Politics is a term used by politicians to persuade the people by gaining their votes into a political position of power. Dog Whistling has been used for years by politicians to achieve what they want while campaigning for public offices. Politicians have been maneuvering and scheming for years during elections for the peoples vote. They have always put on a show for the people just to receive their vote. They set their sights on an office of public position and they begin a long and hard working race to gain votes. Dog whistling is just a different way for them to use codes or demonstrate to certain people to what they are really trying to say.

His presidential campaign exuded a rhetoric that was incendiary and projected his opinionated viewpoint on various minorities and solidified his stance on them. Donald Trump has encouraged, normalised and even started prejudiced, biased and violent behaviour patterns

From the very beginning of his campaign trail, Donald Trump piqued America’s interest with his blunt and oftentimes shocking statements. With his candidacy came exclamations of making America great, building walls, deporting illegal immigrants, and keeping jobs in the United States. A Google search

In today’s society there is a type of mob mentality that seeks to destroy those whose ideas seem racist, bigoted, or xenophobic, and while that in itself may not be a bad thing, the means that the destruction is accomplished is badly executed. Someone who expresses an idea that may be racist, bigoted, or xenophobic will be slandered regardless of whether context is taken in account or if there is even any actual proof. Along with said person being slandered, anyone who may be a part of the person’s group or share the same ideals, will be slandered just as hard. This is something that happens to conservatives more often than not. The actions of a few, such as President Trump’s controversial remarks, often results in all conservatives being painted in the same controversial band wagon. President Trump has said racist, bigoted, and xenophobic remarks, which causes many people to automatically believe that all conservatives are like him, especially if they voted for him. This has helped make the stereotype that all conservatives are racists, bigots, and xenophobes explode in the past few years. These end up setting limitations on conservatives, as they are scared to make their ideals known out of fear of being harassed and attacked, which ultimately