How A "Reformed Racist" Is Trying To Make Good

The Fox News Rundown

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News, Daily News, Politics

3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In recent weeks, we have seen multiple mass shootings. Just days ago, the world was shocked by the gruesome massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Less than two weeks before that, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing ten people and leaving three others injured, most of them Black. Law enforcement is investigating evidence that suggests it was motivated by racism. Shortly after the Buffalo shooting, FOX News Rundown host Jessica Rosenthal spoke with Scott Shepard, a former member of the Klu Klux Klan who now calls himself a reformed racist. Shepard discussed how hate groups recruit people, and why he believes hate crimes are still so persistent in the U.S.. He also discusses his own story including, how his abusive upbringing led him down a hateful and violent path and how eventually left his ideology behind. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversation in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear the entire discussion with Scott Shepard and hear even more about his past, his regrets, and how he finally reformed himself and found ways to help others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	Fox.
0:15.0	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:18.0	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:22.0	A couple of weeks ago, spoke with Scott Shepard, a man who was once in the K K K K and now calls himself a reformed racist. We spoke with him after the mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo and after the shooting targeting
0:34.0	Taiwanese churchgoers in Southern California.
0:36.9	He took us really through his life, his own journey toward hate and racism in the south,
0:41.6	in the 70s and 80ss even though he was raised by a
0:44.7	black woman and of course he walked us through his path out of that ideology.
0:49.0	He says he does pay some attention now to mass shooters and
0:52.5	hate crimes and offers a glimpse into what some of them
0:55.2	may be grappling with, but is not a case studying expert.
0:59.1	He says he just shares his story now and connects
1:01.2	with those who helped him on a journey toward forgiving
1:03.7	himself. We often have to cut interviews down for time during the week but we
1:07.4	thought you might like to hear this full interview. Thank you for listening.
1:10.6	Please subscribe to the weekday rundown podcast if you haven't already.
1:14.7	Now here's Scott Shepard on the Fox News Run Down Extra.
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