Words Matter Library: 'Democracy in Black' by Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr.

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We are proud to put "Democracy in Black" by Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. into the Words Matter Audible Library. Part manifesto, part history, part memoir, Professor Glaude argues that we live in a country founded on a “value gap”—with white lives valued more than others—that still distorts our politics today. Whether discussing why all Americans have racial habits that reinforce inequality, why black politics based on the civil-rights era have reached a dead end, or why only remaking democracy from the ground up can bring real change, Professor Glaude crystallizes the untenable position of black America--and offers thoughts on a better way forward. Forceful in ideas and unsettling in its candor, "Democracy In Black" is a landmark book on race in America. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.3	Welcome to the Words Matter Library.
0:42.9	I'm so happy to be here today with my good friend, Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
0:48.0	Eddie is the James S. McDonald Distinguished University Professor of Religion in African-American
0:53.4	Studies and the Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Princeton University.
0:58.5	I have had a great time getting to know Eddie as a fellow MSNBC analyst, and we have
1:05.8	the unique distinction of both being Native Mississippians.
1:10.1	And Eddie is one of the most brilliant people in my world, and I'm so excited to have
1:16.3	him here to talk with him.
1:17.3	Well, I'm just so delighted to be here with you.
1:19.9	Finally, we get a chance to talk, right?
1:21.8	I know.
1:22.8	I have just read your 2015 book, Democracy in Black, How Race Still Enslaves the American
1:28.8	Soul.
1:30.0	And I was impressed with how many punches you throw.
1:35.2	You really are incredibly unsparing, and in a way that I think people hesitate to talk
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