This conspiracy theory about eating bugs is also about race
Mar 06, 2024•33 min•Ep. 448
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Episode description
Gene Demby and NPR's Huo Jingnan dive into a conspiracy theory about how "global elites" are forcing people to eat bugs. And no huge surprise — the theory's popularity is largely about its loudest proponents' racist fear-mongering.
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