Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule.

If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.

I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely

American I'll take you inside the movement. Listen to Extremely American

from Boise State Public Radio, part of the most celebrated American writers of the 20th century.

He wrote novels, essays, short stories, poetry, even a screenplay.

He's best known for his affecting prose, his depth of thought, and his clear moral vision for the country.

He was also a bit of a character. In interviews, he's often smoking a cigarette with his legs crossed, casually calling the interviewer

baby with a grin. But Baldwin is perhaps best known for his philosophies on race.

I don't believe in white people. I don't believe in black people either for that matter

But I know the difference between being black and white in this and at this time

It means that I cannot fool myself about some things, but I could fool myself about it

if I were white.

As an openly gay man, Baldwin spoke about sexuality and a time when it was unheard of for many black

men to do so.

Homosexual is not a known.

It might be a perb, transitive.

It is certainly an adjective that it is certainly an adjective, but it is not a noun.

You ask the question means you don't know anything about human experience, where it can take

you what it can do. Nearly 40 years after his death, much of what he had to say about the U.S. continues to resonate.

The future of the Negro in this country is precisely as bright or as dark as the future of the country. It is entirely

up to the American people and our representatives. It is entirely up to the American people.

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