Ian Haney López interviewed by Rolling Stone, Nov. 23, 2015

“This is a sort of racism that is often hidden from even the intended audience — the people these politicians hope to mobilize through this discourse of fear,” Haney López says.

Ian Haney López interviewed for The Washington Post, Nov. 10, 2015

“The university president fails to understand the circumstances the students are contending with and essentially dismisses them or, until his resignation, his obligation to listen to them and address them because the students did not ask nicely, they were not dressed in their Sunday best.”

Ian Haney López quoted in CBC News, Sept. 14, 2015

“People don’t realize they are being manipulated, they don’t realize their basest instincts are being appealed to,” he says. “Staying silent and not addressing that is an absolute failure.”

Ian Haney López book cited in Victoria News, March 17, 2015

Likely no country has employed dog-whistle politics longer or with more gusto than the United States. Indeed, in a book published last year … law professor Ian Haney López traced the practice back to the 1960s, long before the term was coined in Australia.

Ian Haney López interviewed by Chicago Reporter, March 13, 2015

Dog whistle politics is all about the stimulation of racial fear. And yet, we should be clear on those who are doing the stimulating—on the politicians, the conservative sort of strategists, the Fox News media folks. … What happens in minority communities is just collateral damage. What they care about is winning votes, demonizing government, cutting taxes for the very rich.

Ian Haney López quoted in ProPublica, January 21, 2015

“The Supreme Court is newly aggressive in the area of race,” said Haney López. It is targeting efforts by other branches of society to remedy segregation and is striking them down.”

Ian Haney López interviewed by NPR, December 30, 2014

We need to get beyond the opinion, beyond the ideas and really ask, ‘How is race really working in terms of allocating power and resources in our society?'” says Ian Haney López.

Ian Haney López quoted in The Chicago Maroon, November 11, 2014

“If you want to understand the economic crisis in the middle class at large—not just the fate of poor minorities, but the 99 percent—you have to think about how race is being used in politics,” Haney López said.

Ian Haney López writes for The Huffington Post, November 4, 2014

Talking about race need not reduce to racial demagoguery. On the contrary, addressing race can advance society, because racial reform depends on understanding racial dynamics. As with every deep social problem, resolution requires frank engagement.

Ian Haney López quoted in Lansing State Journal, November 1, 2014

“If we have a notion of whiteness that’s central to American political self-identity, it can only operate against a notion of non-whites, where whites are seen as people like us, people who deserve to be here, and non-whites are seen as people we need to guard against.”