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extremists are choosing these maxalist fights to change the landscape in schools and social media and more. they are losing most of these fights. it s kind of counterintuitive when so many of us feel so freaked out and even frightened by what s happening in this country but in small but really important ways, the culture wars that were won by those who want a multi-racial pluralistic society in this country are holding. this morning, we witnessed the statue of robert e. lee being hoisted up from its pedestal and doner tone down from good if richmond, virginia. the former capital of the confederacy. where it had loomed as a physical testament to white power for more than 130 years. it was a defence of statues just like that one, that brought a hoard of torch-wielding white nationalists to charlottesville to defend those symbols of white supremacy four years ago. and to fight the violence these meted out. in the end they lost. the statue came down today. many of the leade ....
the issue of race and nationalism. and i think that is the issue of our time. in other words, how race is creating or influencing conversations that put communities into a corner and that divides our country and makes it difficult to have honest conversations about national security, about civil rights, about pluralism. about the economy, even. so, i m just going to let you open with your remarks and then we ll take it from there. no pressure on the high level conversation, right? like the loquacious abilities after the last two panels. i ve got to say this guy is intense, never met him and never seen him. i was just like, i don t want to play chess with that guy, never. [laughter] great. it was it s great and thank you for having me here. it s just interesting, i think, a week, maybe a few days more than that, we were at the wise up summit in washington d.c. with daisy khan also talking about samy topics and ideas that are affecting many communities, but primarily ....
allegiance to abd abd. abu bakr al-baghdadi. today a news agency that supports i.s.i.l. says i.s.i.l. s followers carried out the attack. meanwhile, fbi said it is now investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. that brings me to some facts of terrorism in america. make of them as you will, there have been 26 deadly terror attacks on u.s. soil since 9/11. according to those to the left leaning america foundation, we don t know yet for certain whether san bernardino will become the 8th. there are two issues at play here though, as we learn more about syed frook and hi farook . was their act political in nature, stood in for larger group which they despised? whether the couple went through some process that resulted in their heinous actions and whether that process can be identified and destroyed? despite the headlines in newspapers and banners you ll see on tv this is complicated. part of what makes it complicate said the process that i m talking about. radicalizati ....
today a news agency that supports i.s.i.l. says i.s.i.l. s followers carried out the attack. meanwhile, fbi said it is now investigating the attack as an act of terrorism. that brings me to some facts of terrorism in america. make of them as you will, there have been 26 deadly terror attacks on u.s. soil since 9/11. according to those to the left leaning america foundation, we don t know yet for certain whether san bernardino will become the 8th. there are two issues at play here though, as we learn more about syed frook and hi farook s wife. was their act political in nature, stood in for larger group which they despised? whether the couple went through some process that resulted in their heinous actions and whether that process can be identified and destroyed? despite the headlines in newspapers and banners you ll see on tv this is complicated. part of what makes it complicate said the process that i m talking about. radicalization. it s not clearly understood and som ....
act of terrorism. that brings me to some facts of terrorism in america. make of them as you will, there have been 26 deadly terror attacks on u.s. soil since 9/11. according to those to the left leaning america foundation, we don t know yet for certain whether san bernardino will become the 8th. there are two issues at play here though, as we learn more about syed frook and hi farook s wife. was their act political in nature, stood in for larger group which they despised? whether the couple went through some process that resulted in their heinous actions and whether that process can be identified and destroyed? despite the headlines in newspapers and banners you ll see on tv this is complicated. part of what makes it complicate said the process that i m talking about. radicalization. it s not clearly understood and some people who have studied the issue don t like the term civility. that includes faisa patel, brennan center for justice, also a contributor for al jazeera ....