On Thursday, September 18  Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Distinguished Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University delivered a lecture on his forthcoming book: America, U.S.A: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversary.Â
This lecture aims to situate our current malaise in the run-up to the 250th anniversary of the nation. What are we to make of the attacks on American history? Of the insistence of a certain story about the founding of the country that hides and conceals its contradiction? I argue that at the heart of our troubles is America’s double consciousness (it’s divided soul): that the nation imagines itself, at once, as a beacon of freedom and as a white Republic. That split has resulted in a kind of madness that has malformed American democracy.
Presented by the Henry H. Arnhold Forum on Global Challenges and The New School for Social Research.
Glaude is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, a program he first became involved with shaping as a doctoral candidate in Religion at Princeton. He served as the inaugural chair of the department for more than fourteen years, and is also on the Morehouse College Board of Trustees. He frequently appears in the media, as a columnist for TIME Magazine and as an MSNBC contributor on programs like "Morning Joe" and "Deadline White House" with Nicolle Wallace. He also regularly appears on "Meet the Press" on Sundays. Combining a scholar's knowledge of history, a political commentator's take on the latest events, and an activist's passion for social justice, Glaude challenges all of us to examine our collective American conscience.
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