 These are rare delicacies He can't with a very pleasant crunch You're lying. I love them ask yourself How many articles have you seen over the last couple years that promote eating bugs as a solution to the doomsday cult belief? That man-made climate change will end humanity unless I'm living in an alternate Mandela effect reality This has been a consistent media narrative for a while now adding some insects to the mix is customary in the kitchen in some parts of the world Now climate experts think the protein-packed pests could offer a real solution to the global food crisis rampant wildfires devastating floods Climate change is a global emergency One of those dietary changes we need to consider might even make you a little squeamish Oh The crunch Check please well according to national public radio or NPR. That's all a racist right-wing conspiracy theory. That's based on White anxiety what the actual did you just say to me right now if you didn't just have an embolism and you're still with us Check out this top shelf gas lighting just a heads up y'all this episode has some vulgar and homophobic language Just be advised What's good everybody you're listening to code switch. I'm Jean Demby and this week. I'm joined by Huo Jingnan Hey, Jingnan. What's good? Hey, Jean So Jingnan is one of our colleagues here at NPR and she covers how information gets made How it gets disseminated right yes, and as part of that I cover how conspiracy theories travel and spread okay, so You're on the tinfoil hat beat, right? Okay. Yes, but not just that I covered the entire information environment both online and offline Thanks social media chat groups television schools workplaces churches so basically anywhere Got it. Did she just say that she monitors churches not synagogues not mosques just churches That just seems weird to me also It appears we have another nita jankowitz type figure here Who sees themselves as arbiters of what is and isn't disinformation or conspiracy theories When in fact they themselves spread blatant falsehoods like the one you're about to hear you were here today At code switch because we are on the race beat and I know that on this episode We're going to go down a rabbit hole with you I guess we got to pull our white board and get the you know The red markers and start drawing connections because you're going to walk us through a phenomenon that lands right At the intersection of our two beats right ways and conspiracies. What is this going to be your anti-semitism? White anxiety and a healthy dose of xenophobia. Okay. Okay The conspiracy theory goes that global elites are plotting to force ordinary people like you and me to eat Bugs What wait What to eat bugs? Yeah, I know. I know. Yeah, that's how I started. Who's ever heard of that? That's crazy. Let's take this piece by piece. Okay global elites that is You know That's been kind of a wink toward this old anti-semitic idea that they're like jewish financiers who are Secret puppet masters run in the world from behind the scenes. Yeah, exactly a race. It's a right wing conspiracy theory Brought on by white anxiety. Are you kidding me? Well allow me to retort Going all the way back to february 29th of 2008 insects get a tasty makeover insect cuisine is all the buzz Insects may be the taste of the next generation report says yes And it's the choice of a new generation the joys and ethics of insect eating wait a minute They are saying insects not bugs these pictures might tempt you to eat bugs Well, never mind then the green argument for eating cicadas plus a few recipes How about new even Neil degrasse Tyson is now munching on bugs He's an asshole at bug eating festival kids crunched out on the food of the future But I thought it was just a racist right wing conspiracy theory brought on by white anxiety Maybe it's time to swap burgers for bugs says you in your ancestors probably ate insects So what's bugging you ha ha very funny mother? Don't bug out the swissonian channel is going to show you how to cook insects your Antisemitism white anxiety and a healthy dose of xenophobia the conspiracy theory goes That global elites are plotting to force ordinary people like you and me to eat bugs. What's to eat bugs? Yeah, I know. I know. Yeah, that's how we're starting If that is not the very definition of gaslighting I don't know what is NPR national public radio isn't serving the public They're abusing them and that should be a crime at the very least their public funds should be stripped immediately But unfortunately, that's probably not going to happen with our current crop of communist democrats and weak republicans But you can still support this channel and help me to continue calling out their lies by donating and subscribing to subscribe star and patreon You can find all those links in the description or pin comment Thanks for watching if you enjoyed it Please hit that like button share subscribe hit that bell icon and make sure to leave a comment to vent some of those frustrations