Topic: Crips

3 chapters across the catalog

94: Helping Our People
• 25:43 - 29:14

94: Helping Our People

Modern Hip-Hop as a Modern-Day Minstrel Show

Mo Facts characterizes modern hip-hop as a farce or a "modern-day minstrel show" that promotes black-on-black violence to an international audience. He criticizes figures like Jay-Z for facilitating performances that reinforce negative stereotypes, such as the Crip Walk at the Super Bowl. The hosts express concern that white audiences mindlessly consume this content without recognizing it as a form of psychological propaganda.

70: Four Freedoms
• 3:05:09 - 3:09:22

70: Four Freedoms

The Dap, Black Exploitation Films and Racial Slurs in Vietnam

The hosts discuss the cultural impact of returning Vietnam vets, including the "dap" handshakes and the rise of "Black exploitation" films. An archival clip features a soldier describing how even Vietnamese locals were taught to use racial slurs against Black GIs. They argue that this demonstrates how "white supremacy" was an indoctrinated system exported globally during the war.

55: Trappers Delight
• 45:34 - 51:28

55: Trappers Delight

Gang Migration and Recruitment in Small Towns

Gangs like the Bloods, Crips, and Gangster Disciples are reported to be expanding from major cities into rural Georgia towns like LaGrange. Local law enforcement notes that these national organizations offer funding and structure to existing neighborhood groups, effectively franchising criminal activity. The segment highlights the recruitment of fatherless youth at community basketball courts and the efforts of local housing authorities to provide alternative employment.