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
1921 massacre, when a white mob destroyed the black neighborhood of greenwood. this, as the white house plans to reveal plans to narrow the racial wage gap. and we ll talk to sharice davids about that. plus, texas governor greg abbott threatens consequences. we ll also bring you the latest from israel, where the leaders of two opposition parties say they re working together to potentially unseat prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and president biden s administration will attempt to rectify racial injustice in the housing market through a new plan the white house is rolling out today. we have a lot to cover on multiple fronts. we start with yamiche alcindor and also garrett hake on capitol hill. let s start with the multiple efforts by the white house, what does the plan entail and what does it not? the president is going to be going to tulsa to talk about racial injustice, and he announced new initiatives, trying to focus on create an opening for more ownership and small bu
joe biden is right now politically. polls show him losing astounding levels of support from virtually every group of americans who voted for him to stay year ago. that would include hispanics, moderate democrats, african-americans, and by big double digits, and dependence. at this point the white house is down to just two core constituencies. anxious up women and members of the national news media. and even that might be overstating biden s support given that they re such dramatic overlap between those two groups. essentially they are the same people. and now, because it can always get worse, biden appears to be losing even the media. this is an ominous development. it s not an exaggeration to say that if this trend continues, it is the end of the biden presidency. the media are the only reason joe biden is president and the first place. biden didn t campaign for the job, he didn t hold rallies or give speeches or tell the public what he might do if elected. now, for nearly a
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