“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.”With an opening sentence like that, you know you’re in for a ride, and Eddie Glaude Jr does not disappoint. Derek discusses touch points from America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's Anniversaries, with a slight diversion into the surging online activism that purports to be about justice for all yet time and again refuses to acknowledge race as a foundation of our distress.Show NotesAmerica, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation's AnniversariesAuthor Talk: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. — America, U.S.A. - with Jonathan CapehartAn African-Centered Critique of Marx’s LogicThe war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know itLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices