black supremacist talks about America's White problem (8:20 video)

By N.S.

There are two ways, in which you know that a talk will be worthless: The speaker opens: 1. By favorably citing James Baldwin, and 2. By speaking of America as a "democracy." James Baldwin was a black supremacist, segregationist, and a liar, and America was never a democracy.

This is part of a long talk Glaude gave, which only paid subscribers are permitted to hear. It is a version of a book he published a few years ago. Presumably, like James Baldwin, he seeks to annihilate White America.


"America’s never-ending struggle with White supremacy” | Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
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“when a new America is about to be born, the umbilical cord of White supremacy has been wrapped around the baby's neck, choking the life out of it.”

“in this powerful talk, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. takes a hard look at America’s ongoing racial reckoning, exposing the deep contradictions at the heart of the nation. from the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow to modern racial injustice, Glaude connects past and present, calling out the 'value gap' that defines American democracy.

“[00:00] intro: America changes without ever changing

“[00:19] trouble with the American idea

“[00:34] fatal flaw

“[01:59] value gap affects distribution of advantage & disadvantage

“[02:20] American middle class & african-americans systematically locked out

“[02:53] it's the result of policy decisions

“[03:01] a different form of policing for black people [No policing!]

“[03:18] the ugliness of who we are

“[03:47] a kind of cold civil war

“[03:55] browning of America represents decline

“[04:09] january 6th fueled by White resentment

“[04:16] the compromise of 1877

“[04:56] history as connection and relation

“[05:23] America anew

“[05:34] the reassertion of the value gap

“[05:40] radical reconstruction

“[05:53] jim crow in the south

“[06:07] the apostles of forgetfulness

“[06:10] convict leasing [Parchman farm?] “[06:20] ideology of Anglo-Saxonism

“[06:44] Hitler looks to the U.S. for a model

“[06:56] the black freedom struggle

“[07:11] the election of Richard Nixon

“[07:38] doubled down on our ugliness

“[07:47] choking the life out of it

“[08:00] left bodies in the wake”