How Do You Know if You Can Help Your Students?

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Recent data shows that young people are more open to diverse points of view. Y pulse is probably the leading market research firm focusing on youth in this country. They've come out with stats to show that most young people in this country believe that both the left and the right have gone too far in their extremism. If we left it up to the kids to learn the how of engaging with one another respectfully and artfully, they'd be just fine.

Irshad Manji has a lot of experience in trying to persuade those who really don’t want to be persuaded.

Early in her career, Irshad wrote two influential books that advocated for a reformed Islam. In conversations with religious conservatives around the world, she found that a combative style did not help her win adherents for her cause; instead, she started to acknowledge their views—before proudly arguing for her own. Now, Irshad runs the Moral Courage project, a pedagogical approach that hopes to make progress on contested issues like racism without shaming its participants.

On the latest episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Irshad about why we should not judge those who disagree with us; how we can hope to persuade them of our own positions; and why we should be more optimistic about America’s future than is now fashionable.

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