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Democracy in Black How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society.

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The Bulwark Podcast

The book discusses the 'value gap', a concept the author introduced to describe the inherent belief that some people, based on their skin color, are valued more than others. This gap, he suggests, is reflected in political, social, and economic systems.

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In my book, Democracy in Black, I introduced this phrase, this concept called the value gap that behind the achievement gap and the empathy gap is something much more fundamental.

— Episode: Eddie Glaude Jr.: Biden Needs to Thread...

Episode: Eddie Glaude Jr.: Biden Needs to Thread the Needle

The book discusses the 'value gap', a concept the author introduced to describe the inherent belief that some people, based on their skin color, are valued more than others. This gap, he suggests, is reflected in political, social, and economic systems.

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In my book, Democracy in Black, I introduced this phrase, this concept called the value gap that behind the achievement gap and the empathy gap is something much more fundamental.

And that is this belief, this practice that some people, because of the color of their skin ought to be valued more than others.

And that valuation Tim evidences itself in our political, social and economic arrangements.

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