When George Wallace,Democratic governor of Alabama,stood in 1963 on the steps of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students to the all-white university,he taught politicians two strategic lessons.The first was that politicians who opposed racial justice could garner great support from white voters.What was the second?

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The second strategic lesson that George Wallace taught politicians was that they could support white supremacy as long as they did not do so explicitly. This strategy of using coded language and dog whistles to appeal to racist sentiments while maintaining plausible deniability has been employed by many politicians since Wallace's time.

When George Wallace,Democratic Governor of Alabama,stood in 1963 on the Steps