From Extremist to Activist | James Harris | TEDxUWGreenBay

How My Christian Nationalist Childhood Led Me to Embrace Diversity James Harris is a non-traditional student who grew up in an extremely Conservative Christian household until his parent's divorce changed everything. After high school, he worked factory jobs for over a decade until pursuing a degree in Democracy and Justice Studies. His life experiences taught him valuable lessons on debating and arguing with opposing views productively rather than destructively.
He is the recipient of the Bridging the Divide scholarship through the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. He is the current Newman Civic Fellow for the UW-Green Bay campus. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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this is my brother in law and i just wanted to say that he didn't mention the part where he took care of me and my brothers for a long time as well acting like a second father when he didn't need to, he put up with our bs regardless of whether or not it was his choice to in the first place, and i can tell you first hand that we were hellions because we didn't understand why we were there, my eldest sister took us in when times with our mother and her boyfriend were unsure and i couldn't understand it, but i can say for 100% certainty that it was for the best, my mothers boyfriend was extremely abusive mentally and for a while physically, my real father was confused with who he was at the time and didn't even really care about how we were because he had, in his mind, more important things to worry about (cigarettes and pills), in the times where we didn't have anybody that cared enough to put us in a good situation him and my sister were there to help us regardless of how much we resisted there kindness and discipline, i can confidently say those were the most carefree years I've lived, I'm grateful to have people like him and my sister in my life.