Category: Week 3: Cold War Politics
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“The Lavender Scare: How Fear and Prejudice Fueled Political Persecution in Cold War America”
Like the Red Scare, which was about communism, the Lavender Scare is the period of the 1950s when the U.S.…
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The Lavender Scare and The Red Scare
The Lavender Scare was an event that took place during the Cold War and in many ways was very similar…
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The Politicalization of Homophobia
The “Lavender Scare” was a period in American History wherein “thousands of homosexuals were investigated, interrogated, and dismissed by government…
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IDENTITY
The Lavender Scare is a case when “… thousands of suspected homosexual were investigated, and dismissed by government officials and…
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Red Scare, Lavender Scare
Homophobia and the fear of communism went hand-in-hand during the Cold War. Much like the Red Scare that caused thousands…
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‘Masculinity Crisis’ – How National Security Weaponized Homosexuality to Protect the Rigid Image of “Real” Masculinity
The new heightened sense of National Security during the Cold War kept the nation under a watchful eye, and this…
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The Lavender Scare and how it affects the people in the past and the future.
I think that Lavender Scare is about the government firing or resigning thousands of people from their jobs as they…
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The irony of Joe McCarthy
ABB The Lavender scare happened during the 1950s when the U.S. government launched a campaign against the people who belonged…
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How a fur-lined hood demolished McCarthy’s career
A quick note—apparently political moments during the Cold War were just as SNL-worthy as they are today. I laughed thinking…
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The Parallels between the “Lavender Scare” and the “Red Scare”
The “Lavender Scare” was a phenomenon observed during the 1950s which led to the gross dismissal of people who were…