My name is Daryle Lamont Jenkins.
I am the executive director and founder
of One People's Project,
an anti-hate organization based
in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Cancel culture is a great thing
because it is the epitome of expression
in today's society, because it goes beyond just speaking
and now it's an action.
What's going on in America right now is course correction.
We are supposed to be a free country
about liberty and justice for all.
Folks in the streets, they're frustrated.
So imma tell you just flat out,
if you think that what they are doing is wrong,
you go out there and do what's right.
I can tell you that antifa is an ideology.
It's a belief, just like conservatism is a belief
or fascism is a belief.
Donald Trump was elected
because they had a (beep) candidate on the other side.
Elected a populist-
Those who try to make it otherwise are trying
to basically avoid being called thought police,
and they've done it before.
They do it to Black Lives Matter,
calling it an organization or a terrorist organization.
When they say "Make America Great Again",
that's supposed to be without us.
We're not supposed to come along
with what makes America great.
They're wrong.
We have a rule that wherever they go, we go.
And you can bet
(desk knock)
the people that they really, really hate
are the ones that you're gonna wanna be on the side of.
Daryle!
Well, joining me virtually is Daryle.
Daryle, thank you so much for being here.
Hey, good morning. How you doing today?
I'm doing all right.
Now tell me what your agenda is
and what your organization or movement,
whichever way you choose to refer to it, is all about.
What's at the top of your agenda?
We are just simply looking at providing information
for people to try to get an understanding
of what's been going on over not just the summer,
but also the past four years
and maybe in the past few decades.
I think folks are frustrated.
When I say it's a course correction, it's simply because
we should have never been in this position.
And you say that antifa is not about violence,
it just deals with people
that are damaging to the United States?
Well, no.
Antifa has gotten themselves into some brawls.
To underscore that, I'm not gonna deny that,
but I think you can find people who are particularly focused
on trying to just find solutions beyond,
or rather I should say before we get into that situation,
Martin Luther King was an anti-fascist.
Right.
The original cancel culturist,
the folks who started Montgomery bus boycott,
they were antifa.
And Piers, do you have a question for Daryle?
Well, I knew that you referenced Martin Luther King there,
who was arguably the most famous and brilliant protestor
of the last hundred years,
and yet he always said, "Violence begets violence".
He always said, "Protesting should be conducted peacefully".
Antifa, lot of very laudable aims, and I would sure
I would agree with lots of what Daryle believes,
but the problem with cancel culture is where antifa,
when they take their protest and get violent, they lose me.
You have to recognize where it all comes from,
where all that frustration comes from.
It is not all burning down the streets.
It's not all beating up people and taking down monuments
and things like this.
It's about finding real solutions.
I think that there are different facets to this fight.
If that's not the facet you're comfortable with,
check out the other facets because even Martin Luther-
I'm very uncomfortable, Daryle.
Okay.
Daryle, I'm only uncomfortable-
Understood.
I'm uncomfortable as Martin Luther King was-
I'm uncomfortable when the protesting becomes violent,
because that to me is the wrong way to get what you want.