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.

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