conversations. to one side it means being aware of the issues of our injustices in the society, being aware of the struggles that other people have and working to correct them. to the other side it s a per yore tiff. it means whatever it has to. last week it meant woke. when we re talking about canceling math classes, canceling honor classes in the name of equality nobody is canceling math. there s schools in oregon and california that you can look it up yourself. the problem is we hear these phrases. we hear these terms about, oh, well, the s.a.t.s acanceled. realize when you dig down to it, none of it is happening. it sounds terrible. nobody is canceling these things. these things are simply being re-evaluated as they should because our kids deserve the best. this month governor desantis canceled the proposed ap course on african american studies. as we understand it, there were specific topics that governor desantis did not want covered, black queer study, bl
continual rollback of gun legislation, which worked, in the 70s, 80s, 90s into the assault weapons ban which ultimately repealed. there s a direct correlation in the only nation in the world who has such permissive gun laws and also the only nation in the world that experiences these kinds of multiple times a day mass shootings. americans i ve had it. americans agree on this 80 plus percent of americans. want to see common sense gun control. i want to get to another story that is connected to guns, i think that so many people are frustrated and don t know what to do, including the superintendent in the small town in texas, it s outside of abilene, after uvalde, the superintendent in principle decided to arm themselves, they did want to be that the mercy of some crazed, unhinged young man who comes in. so they carry guns now. they took it upon themselves, they decided to do that. and the superintendent, who is apparently beloved in the community, left his gone in a
have become politically polarized. there s clearly a vocal minority of americans who are fired up and angry that their kids are being pushed to study subjects that are uncomfortable to them and there has been this undercurrent for the last few years of just rejection of anything that is about diversity and inclusion. this a lot has been pushed by fox news over the past few years, anything affirmatively trying to right the wrongs of the past or create a more equitiable level playing field is racist against white people. it is fundamentally wrong but the ultimately most americans and all the polls show this, most americans embrace diversity and understand it s part of what some think woke has gone too far. that s a different question, though, than whether or not kids should be learning some core and fundamental facts about our country and i ll just say personally, the most rewards as a white woman, the most rewarding and meaningful educational experiences of my life were the most
say, i did this on my own. that feels great. it feels great but i cover inequality for a living and this is not a problem of people who just didn t believe in the american dream. this is not a problem of people who just didn t believe in themselves. these are factors like redlining and all these other systemic inequalities, it s not just i didn t believe in the american dream so therefore i m living in poverty. intergenerational trauma. there are a lot of factors that play into this. i think one of the things interesting to me is we were talking about being comfortable with discomfort. it feels like there is an uncomfortable paradox that i think most americans can live with but seems like people on the fringes can t which is that this is a great country. our founders did incredible things and they did unspeakably horrible things too and have a painful history. both things can be true at the same time and feels like most people can wrap their heads around it but people on the edges
i will no doubt this conversation. we will, will have many more conversations as well. you re a delight to talk to. thank you so much for your time, we ll fix the audio issues. you are good sport. thank you. you too. here with me in the studio is dan harris, host of the 10% happier podcast, also republican strategist joe pinion, founder and ceo of all in together, and cnn legal analyst, joey jackson. what a lovely man, so patient right there. joe, can you believe that? he was following his principles, that s what he was doing. have you heard of such a thing from a politician? look, one, he s no longer politician. i think most americans follow their principles when they go into that voting booth. i think we have to find a way to be more accepting and understanding of those who disagree with us politically. i ll just remind people, again, each state has their own party, they have their own democratic party, they have their own republican party. there is a national party, so,