After a heated debate left him questioning his approach, Jefferson Shupe attended an immigration rally, where he expected hostility but found something entirely different: people with fears, hopes, and stories that echoed his own. Shupe, author of The Bathwater Brigade, shares the challenges of confronting his own biases and the surprising empathy that emerged from stepping outside his ideological bubble.
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Related Links:
Shupe’s book, The Bathwater Bridge – https://bathwaterbrigade.com/
Top of Mind episode on immigration and America’s labor shortage - https://www.byuradio.org/top-of-mind-immigration-and-americas-labor-shortage-are-guestworkers-the-solution

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