an influential writer and academic who argues the only way to not be racist is to be actively anti racist a message he says children must hear. is his approach bound to intensify america s internal conflict? ibram x kendi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on. it s a pleasure to have you here. your focus right now seems to be on children, and your contention that children, very young children even, should be told about racism, even if it s not a daily reality that they are actually living with. why? because unfortunately, studies are showing that it is a daily reality that they re living with. one study found that kids as early as three years old have what one scholar called an adult like concept of race . they re already attaching skin colour to behaviours like who s smart, who s clean, and even who s honest. and so, if we re not teaching children to not connect skin colour to behaviour, to recognise that, you know, someone s skin colour is not a reflection of
their intentions to run. those are the headlines. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. the fractures in american society are widening over guns, abortion, education, and more. but the deepest, most traumatic fracture is surely over race and it impacts all of the others. the us is post slavery, post segregation, but definitely not post racism. my guest is ibram x kendi, an influential writer and academic who argues the only way to not be racist is to be actively anti racist a message he says children must hear. is his approach bound to intensify america s internal conflict? ibram x kendi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on. it s a pleasure to have you here. your focus right now seems to be on children, and your contention that children, very young children even, should be told about racism, even if it s not a daily reality that they are actually living with. why? because unfortunately, studies are showing that it is a daily
and senate committee member, you came to the wrong interview. vice president harris: i m shocked but it is one thing when you know something is going to happen. it is one thing when it actually happens. and by just actually turned and i cannot believe it i thought about it as a parent. i thought upended as a god parent, as an aunt of preschool children and a woman myself. as a doctor of a woman. and a granddaughter of a woman. laura: a lot of repeating. at least she can identify woman now. it she also shared a big concern of hers. that main will be able to knock up girls into and force them into abortions. vice president harris: if you are a parent of sons, think about what this mean for the life of your son and what that will mean in terms of the choices he will have. laura: what? but the most important news to come out of this interview came near the end. connecticut the near times is out with a story headline biden act by democrats who voted bone to take yes for
tomorrow s primetime hearing. and new reporting on how donald trump had the secret service scrambling on the day of the capitol attack. also this morning, the top headlines from last night s midterm election primaries that may serve as a warning to democrats. yeah. some democrats. willy, you know this better than anybody, when brilliant minds visit our show, who do they quote? churchill, lincoln, aristotle, jesus christ. okay. of course more dorchester the british governor of quebec if it s jon meacham. willie, that s another story for another day. today we want to open the vault of deep thoughts in service to our progressive friends on the occasion of yet another setback on the issue of permissive law law enforcement. the san francisco d.a. got recalled last night perhaps the most progressive city in america. as we said last year, you said it time and again, democrats one of the most liberal cities in the east coast, one of the most liberal cities in new york elected
Harassment of jewish students at College Campuses across the country. David pecker is no saint. The former National Enquirer testified at Donald Trumps trial that he willingly used his Tab Tabloid Empire to help the campaign chute colluding the outright manufacturing of fake muse. And while he tied trump and his henfixer Michael Cohen to these unsavory claims, pecker was eager to play along. Cohen would ask for a negative piece on an opponent, and the inquirer would embellish it. Look at this, a totally bogus story. And this ludicrous piece tying cruzs father to Lee Harvey Oswald and the Jfk Assassination tone by photo manipulation. Most of the media a praised peckers performance while others trashed t. A. Alvin braggs d. A. Alvin braggs case. Trumps relationship with the National Enquirer was even sleazier than it looked in 2016. David pecker was not a significant witness for the prosecution. And ill tell you why. Because there is no crime. David pecker is very composed, a credible wi