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The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama

Posted By: roxul
Date: 27 May 2022 18:15:27
The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama

Matthew W. Hughey, "The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama"
English | ISBN: 1479826790 | 2016 | 232 pages | EPUB | 572 KB

Examines the coded language of the Republican Party

In The Wrongs of the Right, Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks set postracial claims into relief against a background of pre- and post-election racial animus directed at President Obama, his administration, and African Americans. They show how the political Right deploys racial fears, coded language and implicit bias to express and build opposition to the Obama administration. Racial meanings are reservoirs rich in political currency, and the race card remains a potent resource for othering the first black president in a context rife with Nativism, xenophobia, white racial fatigue, and serious racial inequality.
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