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McCain's "Paris Hilton" remarks tap racist fears

guardian.co.uk — Here's an excellent piece on how McCain's remarks about Obama and Paris Hilton are a "dog-whistle" — they sound shallow enough but are understood by the target audience as tapping powerful racist fears of black men lusting after white women.

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  • meuse, on 08/03/2008, -0/+4Woof indeed
  • inactive, on 08/02/2008, -0/+4John McCain has always been a racist. He voted against the MLK holiday and called Asians "gooks." The man is typical Republican scum.

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