Hate Thrives in Apathy: Understanding How White Extremism is a Threat to Democracy.

For 13 years, Bradley J. Galloway was a fixture in the Canadian racist scene, initially with the Toronto skinhead movement and later in British Columbia as the national leader of Volksfront. But then he walked away.   Dr. Kathy Hogarth is a renowned expert in critical race and equity at the University of Waterloo who is interested in transformations that lead to justice.   In this double-length episode of GDP, Galloway discusses why extremist groups are a real threat to democracies.  Hogarth then responds to this conversation to suggest that the true dangers to democracy lie at a level well beyond the actions of extremist groups, and indeed thrives in cultures of apathy.   Taken together, this is a powerful conversation that takes a look at how race, hatred, social inequality and colonialism are challenging the very notion of democracy today.   Brad Galloway  is currently a 4th year undergraduate student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). Brad currently works with the Organization for Prevention of Violence (OPV), as a research and intervention specialist, and is the Regional Co-ordinator for the Pacific Northwest district for the Against Violent Extremism Network (AVE). Brad has worked as a research assistant for many Canadian universities and is an affiliate with the Canadian Netowork for Research on Terrorism Security and Society (TSAS). He also continues to research key topics on violent extremist movements in Canada and abroad. Dr. Kathy Hogarth is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work whose primary areas of research, service and teaching are on critical race, racism and equity in Canada and international contexts. She provides service to the institution in many capacities including serving as the equity lead for the University’s union and chairing the anti-racism taskforce. She has extensive experience in the work of equity, diversity and inclusion and, in addition to her work within the university she also engages the wider community as an equity and race consultant, speaker, and trainer. She is particularly interested in organizational and societal transformation that leads to more equitable and just worlds. Learn more about the Democracy Dialogue Series here: https://parlcent.org Follow Dr. Bob on Twitter:  @ProfessorHuish