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
this is where i felt the safest. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. a new coordination centre has begun work in turkey part of a complex deal to restart blockaded grain exports from ukraine. it s an effort to ease a global food crisis that is affecting millions around the world. more than 20 million tonnes of grain is waiting at ukrainian docks. the aim is to export five million tonnes a month, matching pre war levels. richard galpin reports. from the start of the war back in february, russian forces has been blockading ukraine s black sea ports preventing exports of ukrainian wheat and other grains vital for the food supply of many countries around the world. according to officials, there are around 20 million tonnes of grain in ukraine. with fears growing of global food shortages, it seems there may now have been a breakthrough with a deal agreed by the two sides. it is hoped it will be possible for ships to be inspected near turkey and t
predicting a summer of travel disruption for air passengers. the daily mirror chooses to focus on the pay gap between the ba workers and the boss of the airline. the daily mail leads on rwanda, where commonwealth leaders are meeting. it says the pm is to rebuke prince charles over the prince s reported concerns at the government s plan to send some asylum seekers to the country. the times also goes with that story, saying borisjohnson has accused his critics of having outmoded views of rwanda. and there s another royal story in the sun. it says the queen has returned to one of her favourite pastimes horse riding a move it reckons will cheer the nation. perhaps a rebuke is a bit strong. i don t know how you rebuke the future king. but they say boris johnson is urging prince charles to keep an open but they say borisjohnson is urging prince charles to keep an open mind. yes, that is very much the wish of the prime ministerfor yes, that is very much the wish of the prime
translation: ifeel ashamed in front of my family i m so poor, i can t afford to buy good food. my sons are really thin because they re not eating. and spain, southern france, and parts of italy swelter through an extreme heatwave authorities are warning of water shortages. hello and welcome. president biden has announced an extra $1 billion in military support for ukraine, the largest single military aid package since the war began. the us defence secretary said at a nato meeting on wednesday that he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine gets the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. in the next half hour, nato defence ministers are set to start reconvening in brussels for the final day of their summit. this is the kind of military aid ukraine says it desperately needs. a billion dollar package including longer range rockets and missile systems. the goal, to help target russian troops and location farther away and bolster ukraine s embattled defence forces, i