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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 americas internal conflict? ibram x kendi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on. its a pleasure to have you here. your focus right now seems to be on children, and your contention that ch...

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 americas internal conflict? ibram x kendi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on. its 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 its not a daily reality that they ar...

their intentions to run. those are the headlines. now on bbc news, its hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, im 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 racis...

And we recognise its important to teach young children to look both ways, because they could be hit by, lets say, a car. and similarly, if we recognise that there are these messages that can hit children, even young children, then why would we not seek to protect them by teaching them that those messages are wrong and bad? i guess whats interesting about it is the notion of teaching about racism. i mean, would it be not possible, at this stage of a childs life, simply to exemplify respect, carin...