Deep Dive with Dorian Warren: Political Cruelty

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 4 p.m.

The Deep Dive with Dorian Warren: Political Cruelty

Most of us tend to think of cruelty as individual actions motivated by personal hatreds, but Professor Cristina Beltran offers up a definition of civic and political cruelty. Beltran’s interest in cruelty was prompted by seeing and hearing what was happening at rallies for Donald Trump a few years ago. For the first Takeaway Deep Dive, host Melissa Harris-Perry and friend/collaborator Dorian Warren explore the phenomenon of political cruelty. 

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