“It’s these gangsta rappers, it’s the athletes, it’s the tattoo guys”: Bill O’Reilly has a history of using “tattoo” as a racially coded signifier for black people
Many black Americans "are ill-educated and have tattoos on their foreheads," O'Reilly said
Watch our video for Fox anchor Bill O’Reilly’s history of using “tattoo” or “tattoo guys” to actually mean black people, gangs, or the formerly incarcerated.
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