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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (99005)	8/5/2011 6:33:08 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

“With Obama Hip Hop BBQ headline FOX proudly shows dog whistle racists how its done, take notes!” — John V. MooreBy stopthemadness aka ABL on August 5th, 2011 [John V. Moore provides this hilarious analysis of Fox News' Hip-Hop BBQ dog whistle vuvuzela1, complete with a Fresh Prince of Bel Air Hip Hop rating scale. The hell you say? Just read it. You'll laugh. Trust. John was gracious enough to permit me to repost. Thank you, John! -ABLxx] Dog whistle racists throughout America, step the fuck aside, FOX NEWS has out classed all of you with today’s headline “Obama’s Hip-Hop BBQ Didn’t Create Jobs” which is an article on the President Obama’s 50th Birthday celebration that was held at the White House on Thursday, August 4. For the unenlightened, “dog whistle racism” as defined by the Center for Social Inclusion is “also known as symbolic racism– is political campaigning or policy-making that uses coded words and themes that appeal to conscious or subconscious racist concepts and frames.” Given the demographics of the FOX NEWS audience and their perceived attitudes on race you can imagine the reaction that this dog whistle will elicit from that crowd. This headline and accompanying photo are blatant examples of dog whistle racism. “Hip-Hop” is code for “Black people” even though many white folks like hip-hop music and many Black folks don’t. “BBQ” is another great code, which when used in combination with “Hip-Hop,” implies that there were bunch of Black folks doing what you’d expect Black folks to do and that the leads to a reinforcement of the “othering” tactic which has been used multiple times against President Obama. continued... angryblacklady.com