Boris part - Kenyan Obama comment is yet another example of
dog whistle racism from senior Tories.
Not exact matches
Khan's camp countered that these attacks amounted to «
dog -
whistle racism» intended to play on voters» prejudices around the new mayor's faith.
Labour, in turn, have accused the Conservatives of «
dog -
whistle»
racism and a campaign which is a «racist scream».
Accusing him of
racism, he said, is «a
dog whistle for the left.»
Republican candidate Mitt Romney risked accusations of
dog -
whistle racism today when he praised the UK's Anglo - Saxon heritage ahead of his visit to London.
The comments were interpreted in the UK as «
dog -
whistle»
racism - an unpleasant dig at Obama's ethnic heritage.
«This week, from this White House, we have heard the racist
dog -
whistles of campaign rhetoric morph into the clear and undeniable language of
racism,» the letter states.
A recent Tory campaign to «Keep Havering Safe», for example, was accused of «
dog -
whistle racism» after leaflets were distributed warning that the borough could soon resemble diverse «inner city» areas under Khan.