“Correction of past wrongdoings, like ending slavery and dismantling legal segregation, confirmed the rightness of our ideals. Nothing fundamental about those ideals needed to change. We simply had to be better people. I want no part of that story. It… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“We like to keep separate the evils of our national past from the sacredness of our ideals. That separation allows us to maintain a pristine idea of America despite all of the ugly things we have done. Americans can celebrate… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“The task at hand is not about securing the goodness of the American Idea or about perfecting the union. It is about according dignity… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“What we put in and leave out of our stories tells us something about who we are.” — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“Correction of past wrongdoings, like ending slavery and dismantling legal segregation, confirmed the rightness of our ideals. Nothing fundamental about those ideals needed to… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“Some might say what I’m recommending amounts to electoral nihilism. We would end up giving the presidency over to Republicans and their extremist base.… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“We like to keep separate the evils of our national past from the sacredness of our ideals. That separation allows us to maintain a… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“We have to become better people by fundamentally transforming the conditions of our living together. This will require setting aside our comforting illusions.” — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
