Political Propaganda in America

Last week, I opened my essay with a description of the murder of George Floyd by the police officer Derek Chauvin by way of introducing the ongoing political unrest in the United States that was instigated by Floyd’s murder, and that by way of introducing a White House photo shoot at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., which took place in the midst of the protests and which, for me, exemplifies the relationship between Christianity and white supremacy in this country. This week, I’ll be turning to my roots as a propaganda analyst for the United States Army and examining that photo shoot—and the video montage it was used to create—in further detail, analyzing it as United States government propaganda using the methods in which I was trained. Stop by the transcript at asatanistreadsthebible.com for links to references used in this episode.