MAGA’s ‘Mythical White America’ Is Jeopardizing the World

 

In my travels, I listened to Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. - impressive comments about American racism and bigotry at a time of TRUMP's promotion of HATE and growing WHITE SUPREMACY!

MAGA’s ‘Mythical White America’ Is Jeopardizing the World

With America’s 250th anniversary approaching, author and Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude Jr. is using the occasion as a lens to examine the country’s past. His latest book, ‘America, U.S.A: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries’ explores how American myth-making has excluded Black Americans.

“There is something about the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the nation that has these haunting echoes,” Glaude tells Mehdi. “We’ve never really removed the tumor that causes so much of the illness of American life.”

Glaude’s book takes readers through the U.S.’s biggest anniversaries, highlighting the contradictions behind each national celebration. In his conversation with Mehdi, he explains why confronting these tensions in American history, while never easy, is vital for a healthy democracy.

Click here to buy a copy of Glaude’s book, ‘America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries’: https://bookshop.org/p/books/america-...

 

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With America’s 250th anniversary approaching, author and Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude Jr. is using the occasion as a lens to examine the country’s past. His latest book, ‘America, U.S.A: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries’ explores how American myth-making has excluded Black Americans. “There is something about the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the nation that has these haunting echoes,” Glaude tells Mehdi. “We’ve never really removed the tumor that causes so much of the illness of American life.” Glaude’s book takes readers through the U.S.’s biggest anniversaries, highlighting the contradictions behind each national celebration. In his conversation with Mehdi, he explains why confronting these tensions in American history, while never easy, is vital for a healthy democracy. This conversation was published on zeteo.com last week. If you want early, exclusive access to this kind of independent, unfiltered journalism — subscribe to our Substack here: https://zeteo.com/subscribe. Click here to buy a copy of Glaude’s book, ‘America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries’: https://bookshop.org/p/books/america-... And if you’ve already read it, feel free to share your review of the book in the comments below! Looking for more book recommendations? Visit the Zeteo book club here for inspiration: https://zeteo.com/t/book-club CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 02:15 America’s 250th anniversary 05:30 White Supremacy 07:42 America after Trump 11:11 Are Dems meeting the moment? 14:40 Biden’s checkered legacy 17:39 Trump’s attacks on diversity 19:32 Will the US survive Trump? Subscribe to Zeteo to support independent and unfiltered journalism: https://zeteo.com/subscribe Find Zeteo: Twitter:   / zeteo_news   Instagram:   / zeteonews   TikTok:   / zeteonews   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeteo.com Find Mehdi: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter:   / @mehdirhasan   Instagram:   / @mehdirhasan   Tik Tok:   / mehdirhasan   To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/networ...

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