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3. Racist Colouring Book
Coloring books seems to be a harmless thing that can educate children. This is exactly the feature that made the government want to use and abuse.
There was a colouring book published in the 1968s that showed black people hitting and shooting white people and depicting white people as pigs. The book was issued by the FBI to shock both black and white Americans into believing the Black Panther Party was evil through and through.
The Black Panther Party was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization. The members consisted of armed citizens which challenged police brutality in California. They fought for a cause to stop the government oppression but they did it through violence. So it was easy to make people afraid of them rather than want to join them.
This is what the FBI enhanced, their violence. Thus the intention of the colouring book was to reinforce the idea that the Black Panthers were a violent terrorist group that wanted to kill white people. Copies were distributed throughout America and the propaganda became somewhat successful because several black leaders stopped supporting the Panthers after its publication.
But do try googling for racist colouring books. You’ll be surprised that its not just a thing from the past.