Hate and Extremism
with
S.E. Cupp, Andy Campbell and Christian Picciolini
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
5:00 pm ET
Overt expressions of hatred and extremism have surged across the US in recent years.
Anti-semitism, racism, and extremist groups that incite insidious forms of intolerance can destroy society, taking root as quiet prejudices and mutating over time into horrific acts of violence and brutality - all dangerously amplified on social media as bigotry, misogyny, and conspiracy theories.
How can we strike back against hate?
About the Speakers:
MODERATOR: S.E. Cupp is a CNN political commentator, often for special political coverage, who has been dubbed a practical conservative. Among her credits, Cupp hosted CNN's SE Cupp Unfiltered, covering the white-hot intersection of politics and media; led a panel-driven show on HLN that debated contemporary issues impacting the country; was the host of S.E. Cupp's Outside With Insiders, a digital series on CNN.com; co-hosted "Crossfire" on CNN, the relaunched political debate program with panelists Newt Gingrich, Stephanie Cutter and Van Jones.; and co-hosted MSNBC's roundtable show, The Cycle. Cupp is also a nationally syndicated political columnist, culture critic, author and consultant. Cupp penned "Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media's Attack on Christianity" and co-authored "Why You're Wrong About the Right" with Brett Joshpe.
Andy Campbell is an investigative reporter and editor covering extremism, misinformation, and their intersection with national politics. He is currently based in New York, where he works on the breaking news desk at HuffPost. He is considered an expert on American extremism, having covered the modern rise of the far-right at the ground level, including the neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017. His work is regularly cited in scientific studies and scholarly papers, and featured on network cable news and radio. Previously, he worked for The Brooklyn Paper and New York Post. He is the author of "We Are Proud Boys: How a Right-Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism," coming 10/4/2. Preorder here.
Christian Picciolini is an anti-racism advocate and a former extremist who has spoken widely on how to prevent and counter extremism. He left the hate movement that he helped create during the 1980s and 90s, to make amends and rebuild his life. He became an award-winning television producer, public speaker, and author. In 2016, he won an Emmy Award for the anti-hate advertising campaign aimed at helping people disengage from extremism. Christian chronicles his involvement in and exit from the early American white-supremacist skinhead movement in his memoir, White American Youth. He showcased his disengagement work in a second book, Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism, as well as in the MSNBC documentary series 'Breaking Hate,” which aired in 2018-2019. He is the host of the 'F*** YOUR RACIST HISTORY' podcast.He founded the Goldmill Group, a counter-extremism consulting and digital media firm. Order here.
