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Lavender Scare

The Lavender Scare was a period of time in which thousands of people identifying as LGBT were forced to resign as they were believed to be a threat to national security. This relates to the Red Scare as it demonstrates the impact of moral panics. Anyone who identified in a way that “contradicted” American valuesContinue reading “Lavender Scare”

Week 1 Blog Post

The national security state and a culture of secrecy are demonstrated in the Dean article “Cultures of Secrecy.” During the Cold War, there was belief that secret communists and foreign threats lived amongst Americans. This is seen in Joe McCarthy’s assertions that the State Department had been infiltrated by communists. Thus, the national security stateContinue reading “Week 1 Blog Post”