El Paso Shooting and the Return of White Supremacist Rhetoric

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They discuss two very important and timely topics during today's show.

The recent mass shooting in El Paso where the killer specifically targeted Latin Americans, as described in his racist manifesto. The guest for this topic is Mario Carillo, America’s Voice Texas State Director.

The mission of America’s Voice (AV) and America’s Voice Education Fund (AVEF) is to harness the power of American voices and American values to enact policy change that guarantees full labor, civil and political rights for immigrants and their families.

Their website is americasvoice.org and their Twitter handle is @AmericasVoice.

The second topic is the return of white supremacist rhetoric in the United States.

The guest for this topic is Pete Simi, PhD.  Dr. Simi is Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology at Chapman University and Director of the Earl Babbie Research Center.

Their website is https://www.chapman.edu/wilkinson/research-centers/babbie-center/index.aspx.

 

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.