If all you think about is race, pretty soon everything is raaaaacist
The use of coded language to deny the existence of racism
In an article entitled “The Heartbeat of Racism is Denial,†author Ibrahim X. Kendi listed the common phrases used to disguise racism in America. He called this a new vocabulary, “allowing users to evade admissions of racism.â€
The words and phrases Kendi identified are frequently used by politicians, the press and public figures. They have seeped into America’s vernacular, and most people do not understand their implications. Think of the meaning of each phrase he identifies:
- Law and order
- War on drugs
- Model minority
- Reverse discrimination
- Race-neutral
- Welfare queen
- Handout
- Tough on crime
- Personal responsibility
- Black-on-black crime
- Achievement gap
- No excuses
- Race card
- Colorblind
- Post-racial
- Illegal immigrant
- Obamacare
- War on cops
- Blue Lives Matter
- All Lives Matter
- Entitlements
- Voter fraud
- Economic anxiety
Got that? These are all dog whistle coded language blah blah blah racist words and phrases. My favorite personal responsibility.
We must carefully listen to the language being used to describe our present condition and its causes. We need to understand and reject the code.
And this is exactly why black on black crime is so bad in this country, because people playing the race card (whoops!) refuse to acknowledge problems. Seriously, these people deemed the use of the word Chicago as raaaaacist. How can one even have a serious conversation conversation?
