3:35pm ET - Last Friday,
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted in a Texas court
for injuring his 4 year old son.
According to the police report, his son shoved one of his siblings off a
video game, and in response, Peterson snatched a tree branch, shoved the leaves
in the child’s mouth and proceeded to beat him on the legs, ankles, back,
buttocks, and scrotum, and according to the son, this kind of beating has
occurred before. Joining us to discusses
this case and explain what actually constitutes child abuse across the US is Mark Joseph Stern of Slate.
5:05pm ET - In the wake of the
spate of recent police shootings of unarmed black men across the country this
summer, many people on the right have tried to argue that these horrific cases
had nothing to do with racial prejudices and that America is now a post-racial
society. However according to Stephen Eric Bronner, a distinguished
professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and a member of the
Executive Committee of UNESCO Chair for Genocide Prevention, bigotry in the
21st century isn't withering away—it’s finding new targets and camouflaging
itself better than ever. In his new book
The Bigot: Why Prejudice Persist,
he examines bigotry in its various dimensions—anthropological, historical,
psychological, sociological, and political;
illustrating how the bigot’s intense hatred of “the other” is a direct
reaction to social progress, liberal values, secularism, and an increasingly
complex and diverse world. He joins us
today to discuss his book and offer a deeper analysis of bigots themselves: Why
they hate, who they hate, and how they hate.
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