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Hello David!
Great project. Your points were very clear and I enjoyed your take on these films. I find it interesting that you stated that ,”whites feared African Americans and their music as much as communism”. It is sometimes hard to remember that multiple histories are going on at once. I never stopped to think about the red scare and civil rights movement. I found it funny that as schools and authority figures band books and other materials such as comic books and films, that the younger generations rebelled more and began reading the banned material more often. I wonder if the Catcher in the Rye would have been nearly as successful if they just left it be and did not ban it? From my memory of high school, the more teachers pushed us to read something the more likely we were not going to read it. I enjoyed reading your material and i look forward to reading more of it!
Robbie
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Hello! I also did the project on the three educational videos. I also saw a heavy emphasis on conformity in them, but didn’t link in as much outside information. The connection to race was interesting. I certainly noticed that everyone in the videos was white and European-looking, but just associated that with the period-typical racism of the time, not anything to do with these videos specifically. Now that you mention it though, I can see how Rock-and-Roll, with its roots in African-American culture, would have been a factor in the fear that went into the creation of the videos. I also liked that you brought The Catcher and the Rye into it, as Holden is a good example of the rebellion and the “immorality” that these videos were seeking to repress. (I pledge 131)