Unpacking Our History

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Dog Whistles:
State's Rights and Family Values (December 12, 2024)

For the upcoming discussion, we continue to look at various dog whistles - what they are, what mean, and how they are used.

This packet includes "The End of Family Values" from The Boston Review, "Why Is It Hard for Liberals to Talk About Family Values" from the Atlantic, a section from "Cracking the Racial Code" entitled "Racial Foundations of State's Rights" by Dylan Bennett and Hannah Walker, a Salon article "When Reagan said State's Rights he was Talking About Race, and finally two articles about Trump and his Dog Whistles.
 

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Thursday, December 12th, 2024 on Zoom
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
 
Zoom ID: 823 648 5349
Password: 691353

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