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A viral Instagram post from Shana Ross, a Jewish music teacher and comedian in Los Angeles, describes her distress when fourth-grade students mentioned Kanye West's comments. The hosts use this to illustrate "trauma-based entertainment," where the media uses individual stories to create a sense of national crisis. They compare this to the trauma felt by black Americans when West made comments about slavery.
The military's use of IQ tests during World War I to sort recruits is compared to the modern ASVAB test. A host shares a personal story about "tanking" an IQ test in fourth grade to avoid being recruited into the "academically gifted" track, which they perceived as a form of elite grooming. They argue that the "Boulay" system uses these tracks to capture influential individuals early in life.
