Episode 8: Klansman is woke, but still chooses racism / Miseducation

Revisiting "The Hate Project" which aired on 11/12/2012. This episode features two long phone conversations.  The first is with Dragon1488, the resident klansman. He demonstrates a very insightful understanding of racism and the honest mentality of white people, but still can't help reverting to being racist. Then his friend EdClanofChattan calls in, gives revisionist version of slavery, and he also shares how he began to come to his white supremacist worldview from a comment made by his father.  The klansman talks about his wife, and how he would quit the klan if she wanted him to. I play some clips from Tucker Carlson tonight which mirror some themes from these phone calls. Both maintain a veneer of intellectual discussion, but then slip into raw hatred. Enjoy.

References from episode:

Tucker Carlson anti-diversity: https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/09/07/tucker-carlson-attacks-american-diversity/221247

Ann Coulter on Tucker Carlson re: Brett Kavanaugh: http://www.foxnews.com/transcript/2018/09/18/ann-coulter-on-lefts-meltdown-over-kavanaugh-allegation-will-carter-page-finally-learn-why-fbi-spied-on-him.html

Alt-right trolling with false symbols: https://www.wired.com/2017/05/alt-rights-newest-ploy-trolling-false-symbols/

Poor state of how American schools teach about slavery: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/02/03/dont-know-much-about-history-a-disturbing-new-report-on-how-poorly-schools-teach-american-slavery/?utm_term=.d1bb013cbec0

No, I will not debate you: https://longreads.com/2018/09/18/no-i-will-not-debate-you

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