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FreakonomicsNone of KennedyБЂ™s efforts produced the desired effect. The Klan was so entrenched and broad-based that Kennedy felt as if he were tossing pebbles at a giant. And even if he could somehow damage the Klan in Atlanta, the thousands of other chapters around the countryБЂ”the Klan was by now in the midst of a serious revivalБЂ”would go untouched. Kennedy was supremely frustrated, and out of this frustration was born a stroke of brilliance. He had noticed one day a group of young boys playing some kind of spy game in which they exchanged silly secret passwords. It reminded him of the Klan. WouldnБЂ™t it be nice, he thought, to get the KlanБЂ™s passwords and the rest of its secrets into the hands of kids all across the country? What better way to defang a secret society than to infantilizeБЂ”and make publicБЂ”its most secret information? (Coincidentally, in Birth of a Nation, a former Confederate soldier is inspired to start the Klan when he sees a pair of white children hide under a sheet to scare a group of black children.) Kennedy thought of the ideal outlet for this mission: the Adventures of Superman radio show, broadcast each night at dinnertime to millions of listeners nationwide ...» |
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