Racist meaning can be conveyed without explicit racial reference

Evidence

Absence can be as powerful a racializing force as presence. Racism at times works by a process of substitution, a coding of phrases and terms which conveys racist meaning without specific reference to explicitly racist beliefs. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2280 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racism in country music culture operates through use, not lyrics — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics: how Americans…, 905; Racism’s modes persist after being severed from their categories of meaning — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1867; Coded anti-public rhetoric can express racial fears without race words — Kevin M. Kruse, White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of…, 582 (+17 more)

Broader Connections

• Racism operates through coded substitution that conveys meaning without explicit racist reference. #expands (0.93) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2280