welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. racism is the wound which has festered throughout us history. from slavery to civil rights, battles have been fought and won, but still this struggle for justice and equality continues. my guest today is daryl davis, a black man who, overfour decades, has tried to talk to america s most die hard racists in the ku klux klan. he claims to have forged friendships with white supremacists and opened their minds. but is reaching out to the kkk a distraction from the bigger task of dismantling systemic racism? daryl davis in maryland, in the us, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. i appreciate it very much. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. yours is a remarkable story. you ve spent most of your life seeking dialogue with america s most extreme racists and white supremacists. is that something you are still working on, still seeking that dialogue? absolutely, every day. and how is it going right now? well, it s going fine, you know
and won, but still this struggle for justice and equality continues. my guest today is daryl davis, a black man who over four decades has tried to talk to america s most die hard racists in the ku klux klan. he claims to have forged friendships with white supremacists and opened their minds. but is reaching out to the kkk a distraction from the bigger task of dismantling systemic racism? daryl davis in maryland in the us, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. i appreciate it very much. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. yours is a remarkable story. you ve spent most of your life seeking dialogue with america s most extreme racists and white supremacists. is that something you are still working on, still seeking that dialogue? absolutely, every day. and how is it going right now? well, it s going fine, you know, given the pandemic. a lot of stuff is being done, as we are right now, over zoom, but i m still pursuing this, you know, one way or another, whether it s in p
america is in the war. and why did that touch you so much. because we knew that it was going to lose it. what did that mean for you and hungry. i was 18 yes. but with that interview with the late author john lewis. it was born 20 years ago. over 230 of the leading nonfiction and fiction authors of our time have appeared on in depth. just to name a few. over the next three hours our goals is to review the last 20 years of in-depth but also to ask you a couple of questions here they are. who was your favorite in-depth gas what book are you reading now and who is your favorite nonfiction author. and that s what will be talking about. we will be showing you some video from the last 20 years as well. here s how you can dial in on the 20th anniversary of in-depth. for those of you in the east and central time zones if you live in the mountain and pacific pacific time zones. and you can text him what your thoughts are as well. 7488903. please include your first name in your city if
hello my name is the director of the wisconsin festival thank you for being here. i believe this is the seventh event and also the 30th of 32 events just today in the third day of this book festival. thank you so much. i have seen many of you all day. [applause]. i could not be more pleased to be introducing megan phelps-roper. with her book unfollow . were talking about her life and doubt and how you decide to leave or stay in how you defend yourself in this context is one of those conversations with religion that you need to be having so much more as a culture. i think it opens up so many doors for people and making herself a writer and activist. she left the westboro baptist church in november of 2012. and she knows about communication across ideological lines. at the age of five, eggen began protesting homosexuality alongside fellow members of the baptist church in topeka, kansas in this church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended
we weree just talking in the back, her discussion of life in a religious community, doubt, how you decide to leave or stay and how you defend yourself in those contexts is one of those conversations that we need to be having so much more as a culture. i think the it opens up so many doors for people. megan is herself a writer and an activist. she leftp the westboro baptist church in november 2012 and is now an educator on topics relating to extremism and communication across ideological lines. at the age of 53, megan at the age of 5, peg began began protesting homosexuality. this church was founded by her grandfather and consisted almost entirely of her extended family. picketing at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. as the church s twitter spokesman, megan was one of the few that interacted with the outside world, and twitter actually did something maybe we can applaud it for, it caused her to begin doubting the strict church members and its message.