”Great in the Sack”: When Misogyny Leads to Mayhem6 Touko

Ep. 16: The CIA's Iran-Contra Affair, the crack epidemic, & the women who paid the price

The War on Drugs didn’t start in the streets; it started in the shadows of the offices of the CIA. This episode traces the timeline from the late 70s up through the late 90s, connecting the dots between anti-communist funding in Central America, the Middle East, & the sudden influx of crack cocaine into black communities in America. We’re also peepin' the exact moment the Second Boland Amendment went into effect..and how, as the CIA searched for alternative funding for the Contras, the streets began to change.

We are discussing the crimes of Oliver North, Gary Webb's brave af reporting, and the biological warfare of "pseudoscience". We also talk about the extremely damaging articles that manufactured the "bio-underclass" myth to justify the lack of resources and the systemic abandonment of the very communities the state helped destabilize.

By the time we get to the late 90s, the trap was already set, and waiting to be triggered. When you look at the outcomes of the crack epidemic, it becomes clear who was at fault, who was targeted, and who won.

This is the final episode to the witch-hunt series...for now ; )

**SHOW NOTES**

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Sources:

Behind the Bastards Cracktoberfest episodes:

https://youtu.be/MT6lnjIVWOE?si=-psWolEJFyTZib2H

https://youtu.be/UoqC9av2DcA?si=yN9uFQIDQuFm9pRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DKko0WCOgI&t=18s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjOnWFLq_Os

https://youtu.be/4F3IwLDZ1ss?si=vI5T9UopMoCf41x8

https://webhelper.brown.edu/cheit/Understanding_the_Iran_Contra_Affair/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-webb

https://www.britannica.com/topic/intersectionality

https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-Contra-Affair

https://fair.org/extra/the-myth-of-the-crack-baby/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/48750576?seq=1

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19920114/1470264/new-research-explodes-crack-babies-myth

https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/ferguson-v-city-charleston-2001

https://www.splcenter.org/about/

https://www.aclu.org/news/reproductive-freedom/victory-regina-mcknight-case

https://scienceinsights.org/what-is-a-crack-baby-the-term-the-myth-and-the-truth/

https://feminist.org/news/woman-convicted-of-stillbirth-remains-in-jail/#:~:text=On%20Monday%2C%20the%20United%20States,to%2020%20years%20in%20prison.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/crack-epidemic

https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WG/DeprivedLiberty/Others/Human_Rights_and_Gender_Justice_Clinic_at_CUNY_School_of_Law_and_others-3.pdf

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Ep. 15: Witchhunts pt. 4c - FBI EXPOSED by leftists!

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Ep. 14: Witch Hunts pt. 4b - COINTELPRO & its attack on the Black Panther Party

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Ep. 13: Witch hunts (yes, still), part 4.a - Getting the band back together

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Ep. 12: Witch Hunts pt. 3 - Surveillance State: Red Scare, Lavender Lies

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Ep. 11: Witch Hunts pt 2- Salem, hysteria, eugenics, oh my!

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