The Wearing of White By Sarah Palin is a Racial Dogwhistle

[WeDidIt]

Scenes including Lillian Gish from Birth of a Nation

[tblue]

1. Was Clueless Mean Girl dressed in white today?

[WeDidIt]

3. Yup. n/t

[wanpete]

2. just another way in which she comes up short, wearing white after Labor Day,,,

how distasteful....(oh, and by the way, she's a moron)

[foo_bar]

13. the problem is she's always dressed appropriately to the occasion

I mean if she had a history of Dick Cheney parkas that'd be one thing, but her look so far has been so finely tailored that "fashion faux pas" isn't necessarily the simplest explanation.

[valerief]

4. It could be that and could also brand her as the "good guy." nt

[WeDidIt]

6. All the "good guys" in that movie wore white (or Confederate Grey)

[traveller]

12. yeah, not much creativity in a black and white film.

[Quantess]

9. Yes, I don't think people wear white to remind everyone of their race.

It's the cowboy in the white hat idea.

[The Magistrate]

5. Ku Klux Barbie, Sir: Nothing Shorter....

[Quantess]

7. The subliminals of wearing white

She wants to be seen as pure, virtuous, and a *good Christian*.
:puke:

[donco6]

8. Without question.

And not to mention gauche.

[NightWatcher]

10. has she donned a white hood and cape yet? that's all that's left

that and a good cross burnin

[WeDidIt]

11. She's not supposed to wear the hood

She's the pure white Christian woman being defiled by the evil black man (c.f. Birth of a Nation).

Some brave man is supposed to don the hood and come riding in to save the day.

[bermudat]

14. Is wearing white everyday another 'code' thing?

Hard to keep up.