长期以来，猴子一直被用于对黑人的种族主义侮辱，德桑蒂斯因为使用“monkey this up”受到抨击，人们指责他利用“ 狗哨政治 ” (Dog-whistle Politics)，放出种族主义信息以攻击政治对手。 狗哨 (dog whistle)最早、最常见的含义是指用来唤狗的哨子。

Great question, as dog whistles are heard everywhere these days, a time when some deep-rooted social problems appear to be coming to a boil. Income inequality (everywhere), immigration (Europe), race ...