"Dog whistle politics doesn't come out of animus at all, it doesn't come out of some desire to hurt minorities. It comes out of a desire to win votes. And in that sense, I want to start using the term 'strategic racism' – it's racism as a strategy. It's cold, it's calculating…it's the decision to achieve one's own ends here winning votes by stirring racial animosity."
–Ian Haney López
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYS647HTgks#t=23m58s
"Dog whistle politics doesn't come out of animus at all, it doesn't come out of some desire to hurt minorities. It comes out of a desire to win votes. And in that sense, I want to start using the term 'strategic racism' – it's racism as a strategy. It's cold, it's calculating…it's the decision to achieve one's own ends here winning votes by stirring racial animosity."
–Ian Haney López
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYS647HTgks#t=23m58s
"Dog whistle politics doesn't come out of animus at all, it doesn't come out of some desire to hurt minorities. It comes out of a desire to win votes. And in that sense, I want to start using the term 'strategic racism' – it's racism as a strategy. It's cold, it's calculating…it's the decision to achieve one's own ends here winning votes by stirring racial animosity."
–Ian Haney López
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYS647HTgks#t=23m58s
"Dog whistle politics doesn't come out of animus at all, it doesn't come out of some desire to hurt minorities. It comes out of a desire to win votes. And in that sense, I want to start using the term 'strategic racism' – it's racism as a strategy. It's cold, it's calculating…it's the decision to achieve one's own ends here winning votes by stirring racial animosity."
–Ian Haney López
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYS647HTgks#t=23m58s