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A '''dog whistle''' or '''code words''' is a communication strategy that sends a message which the general population will take one meaning from, but a certain group "in the know" will take another secret, intended message, often involving [[racism]]. For example, during the [[2020 Presidential election]], [[Democrat]] nominee [[Joe Biden]] dog whistled [[white privilege]] to the vital "suburban" [[demographic]] vote necessary to win election:
A '''dog whistle''' or '''code words''' is a communication strategy that sends a message which the general population will take one meaning from, but a certain group "in the know" will take away another secret, intended message, often involving [[racism]]. For example, during the [[2020 Presidential election]], [[Democrat]] nominee [[Joe Biden]] dog whistled [[white privilege]] to the vital "suburban" [[demographic]] vote necessary to win election:
{{quotebox|"You know what is actually threatening our suburbs? Wildfires are burning the suburbs of the west. Floods are wiping out suburban neighborhoods in the [[Midwest]]. Hurricanes are imperiling suburban life along our coast. If we have four more years of [[Trump]]'s [[climate denial]], how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires? How many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out? How many suburbs will have been blown away in superstorms?"<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4906404/wildfires-integration-threaten-suburbs-joe-biden-warns-climate-change-speech</ref>}}
{{quotebox|"You know what is actually threatening our suburbs? Wildfires are burning the suburbs of the west. Floods are wiping out suburban neighborhoods in the [[Midwest]]. Hurricanes are imperiling suburban life along our coast. If we have four more years of [[Trump]]'s [[climate denial]], how many suburbs will be burned in wildfires? How many suburban neighborhoods will have been flooded out? How many suburbs will have been blown away in superstorms?"<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4906404/wildfires-integration-threaten-suburbs-joe-biden-warns-climate-change-speech</ref>}}
When de-coded, the message actually reads:
When de-coded, the message actually reads: