How politicians and plutocrats persuade Americans to vote against their interests

Ian Haney López interviewed on Background Briefing with Ian Masters, February 19, 2014
Then finally we speak with Ian Haney López … author of the new book “Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class”. We discuss his ground-breaking analysis of how politicians and plutocrats use veiled racist appeals to persuade white voters to support policies that favor the extremely rich while threatening the real interests of middle class and working Americans.