Racist hostility can be inferred even when no race is mentioned

Evidence

When we examine many intentions it is often clear that there is present expressed hostility towards a racialized group that is based on a belief in the existence of races, and a belief that society should be organized in accord with this belief. This may happen even where no mention of race is made. Many of these people mask their real intentions behind rhetoric and codewords, as with many of those who supported the abolition of affirmative action. This is also the case when police forces claim to treat all citizens in the same way, but in practice target communities of color, as well as targeting blacks who drive cars. Or where white students claim university courses are too difficult (and imply that it is Asian Americans who drive up the grades). We can clearly infer racist aggression when black churches are bombed and burnt. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1880

Categorization

• XREF: Codeword analysis parallels the ‘dog whistle politics’ literature of Ian Haney López and others. — connects to: Zero-sum invasion anxieties are racially indexed even when unspoken — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1860
• SEED: Could yield an essay on the three-tier schema of racial reference — explicit, coded, and referent-free — applied to current policy discourse.