The first “black” president?
…and no, I’m not referring to Bill Clinton.
Beauty and Beast? No, it’s worse
This article is partially a response to Bent’s last post, Beauty and the Beast? I had originally intended on posting the Lebron Vouge Magazine photo which Bent analyzes below. I then thought I would post a reply in his thread but upon further reflection, I think an independent post is in order. I typically wouldn’t do that but I wanted to display a fair amount of images and just couldn’t do that in the comments.
more dog whistles
I’d mentioned in an earlier post how the right wing uses “dog whistle” politics to communicate to certain groups within the electorate. Karl Rove’s depiction of Obama playing “pick-up” basketball was an early example of how the Republicans would frame Obama. Here’s a clip, via Media Matter of the always obnoxious Bill O’Riely. MM was highlighting his outright attack on Liberal institutions. However, his guest Laura Ingraham manages a dog whistle.