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Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words To Divide a Nation
By Deggans, Eric
- ISBN
- 978-0-23034-182-1
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
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Reviewed on October 1, 2012 | Communications
Citing Trayvon Martin and Sandra Fluke, among others, Deggans (TV & media critic, Tampa Bay Times) explores how using certain words to talk about race, gender, and class colors how people perceive that information. He explains that when cable news pundits, talk-radio personalities, and political bloggers use race-baiting phrases, code words, and overt name calling, they perpetuate stereotypes a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
