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Who are they young radicals . These are activist to our campuses you can find them in places like portland who are different that are all about free speech and due process with those aclu values with those attempts to shut down speakers on college campuses. And with that Progressive Left that day risk offending them and their jobs can be in trouble. Is changing our culture very quickly and dramatically. And with that activist contingent on the young left. It is on the right as well i spend a chapter or talking about the right and the alts right which is a White Nationalist group that has gotten some attention over the last few years like the radical left small in number but loud and vocal with a huge effect in social media to harass people making it unpleasant to be online. Host intersection audi is the operating system of the modern left. What does that mean . It was coined in the eighties used by a sociologist if you are a person and of color to experience racism as a black woman you
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Left say they cant a a conversation with the students anymore, at the risk of finnigan and if they do, their jobs could be trouble because they could be investigated. Its changing our culture very quickly and dramatically towards this cancel everyone at what is problematic as we run out of public life and thats come from this kind of activist contingent on the young left. Host and its all on the left not underwrite . Its very much on what is understand the chapter in my book talking about the illiberalism of the right, particularly altright which is a White Nationalist group that has gotten some attention of the last few years, like the radical left small in number but loud, local and has had huge effect in the realm of social media primarily interesting people and making it unpleasant to be online. Host you say intersectionality is the operating system of the modern left. What does that mean . Guest its a term that comes to us from sociology. It was coined in the late 1980s. It was us
[inaudible conversations] okay. Greetings, everyone. My name is ted. Im the editor of Frederick Douglass in brooklyn and a professor of journalism. At st. Josephs college in clinton hill here in brooklyn. I want to welcome you to the brooklyn book festival paneland assure you that books for sale are available in the courtyard after the panel. The authors will be deeply grateful for your support. Our panel today includes mr. Matt tie even by. Taibbi who is a Rolling Stone Kole Jim Nuss and hi latest book is hate inc. The next is jonathon mettle. Hi book is dying of whiteness and also a professor of sociology and psychiatry at vanderbilt university. And to my right, the president of new american leaders, an organization that promotes the incoming new immigrants into politics and her book is people like us, the in the wave of candidates knocking at democracys door. Thought we would start with a moment of silence for bill deblasios president ial campaign. And now continue. So, well start w