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The hosts discuss the strategy of "ignoring" drug corners to manipulate crime statistics. They argue that surrendering certain "fronts" in the war on drugs leads to increased violence within those designated areas, which is then reported as "Black on Black crime." They predict this model will soon expand from Baltimore and Chicago to cities like Austin and New York.
To bolster Obama’s lack of slave ancestry, the media focused on Michelle Obama’s family tree. The New York Times and genealogist Megan Smolenyak traced her roots back to an enslaved girl named Melvinia in 1850. This research was used to provide the "slavery to the White House" narrative that was missing from Barack’s personal history.
A Dutch listener shares her experience living in Chicago in the 1980s, describing the South Side as a "no-go zone." The discussion references Bob Woodson’s theories on how government aid and nepotism have failed to improve impoverished neighborhoods. The listener also notes similarities between Dutch and American welfare policies that discouraged two-parent households.
