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How do you celebrate America's 250th at a time like this? Eddie Glaude Jr. confronts that conflict. - Velshi - MS NOW
If you feel conflicted about America’s 250th anniversary celebrations, when Black Americans are being gerrymandered out of power, and immigrants are getting locked up indefinitely in detention centers, you’re not alone.
In his new book “America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries,” Eddie Glaude Jr. calls this a “double consciousness” that’s inherent in all Americans: the feeling that “America imagines itself as a beacon of freedom and as a white republic.” - Aired on 05/31/2026.