America, The Ugly: Propaganda (Patreon)

In school, conversations about propaganda centered propaganda in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and lightly touched on the communist red scare (and I do mean lightly). We didn't explore the ways in which America inspired the Third Reich, or even the unethical methods that the CIA employed. I wonder if the current crop of grade school kiddos are learning about these things now.

Is This Tomorrow Comic Book:

A Racist Dr. Seuss Drawing:

The type of card that would come with Children's Crusade Against Communism Bubble Gum in 1951:

Something to Ponder: To a tyrannical and racist government, what is the value of having mega visible black celebrity like Kanye West embodying the illiterate and dumb zip coon on the national stage? Who is it for?

Sources

The Role of the Media During the Cold War (Alexander Stafford)

Trump And Authoritarian Propaganda (Steve Denning)

The History of Media Use For Propaganda Purposes: The Cold War

U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News to Americans (John Hudson)

In Propaganda We Trust: America's Terrifying Propaganda Affair (Jeremy Frommer) 

The manipulation of the American mind: Edward Bernays and the birth of public relations (Richard Gunderman)

Old “Yellow Peril” Anti-Chinese Propaganda (Gwen Sharp, PhD)

Reference Videos:

1950s Duck and Cover Propaganda Film

Red Nightmare (1962)

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