The power of implications…
“…when one speaks of welfare in this country, whether one wishes to acknowledge it or not, one is almost always speaking of black people, not because black people are the only ones receiving state aid (indeed more whites receive benefits from the myriad of social programs than do blacks) but because that is the image that we have been encouraged to have when we hear the term. And that image has become implanted in the minds of Americans, especially white Americans, to such an extent that it is almost automatic, and it allows politicians to criticize ‘welfare’ and ‘welfare recipients’ without ever mentioning race, knowing all along that their constituents get the message, with no wink or nod needed to seal the deal”.
Tim Wise (White Like Me, pg. 124)
Tim Wise (White Like Me, pg. 124)
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