Pitch

The Michael Kent Foundation

Two months ago, Michael Kent went into a tattoo parlor to cover up a swastika. The former Neo-Nazi claimed that Tiffany Whitter, an African American, changed his life through her kindness.

Michael Kent Foundation’s mission is to bring about civil discourse in a time of hostility. In the current political climate, people tend to paint a general image of groups with opposing opinions. Because of the hate President Trump has generated, we are quick to slander one another, as the incident in Charlottesville came about because of the hatred between the alt-right and ANTIFA.

The Michael Kent Foundation will air a 30-minute television program that puts two individuals of opposing groups together. The moderator will ask various questions related to current events and politics under peaceful and civil conditions. Through these conversations, the program will hope to look at the intricacies of each person. How passionately does each person support his or her group? Is he or she open to other ideas?

By the end of each episode, the two people will have thoroughly explained their individual perspective instead of being associated with every factor of the group they support. Through this program, audiences will hopefully view each other from more dimensions as opposed to just belonging to one group of people. Hopefully, people will understand the factors that may lead a person to think the way he or she does. Perhaps a participant will feel compelled to change his or her life based off the conversation, like how Kent changed his life after meeting Whitter.

To make our nation better, we need to unite together to solve various problems in our country. Spreading hate and disdain will only create more of them and divide our nation further apart.