A List of Things People Blamed on Jazz

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A shortage of farm labour
Warts on the feet
Dull pupils
Bad teeth
Girls leaving home
An increase in heart failures
Small families
Elephantine ears
Difficulty recruiting college athletes
Ruined legs
Indigestion
The increasing tendency toward divorce and ruined marital happiness
Everything
@paulisci this is an absolutely incredible thread. I wish I could repost the whole thing.
this conservative mania has existed as long as media has been a thing.
take all of society problems. now blame all of it on any one thing that has anything to do with people of color and/or poor people.
if these articles were written at a different time, it would rock n roll. or the Internet. or stimulus checks. or video games. or metal.
i guess what really surprises me is how little it has evolved.
@benda @paulisci also interesting how people with supposed scientific credentials are quick to embrace whacko theories that feed the misinformation and bias and embolden the self appointed moral crusaders.🫤