'Mythical America': Author Confronts What Most Americans Won't as 250th Anniversary Approaches

About this episode

Mehdi interviews author Eddie Glaude Jr. about the historical truths white Americans often avoid as the 250th anniversary of the country approaches.

In this week's segment from Mehdi Unfiltered, Mehdi is joined by best-selling author Eddie Glaude Jr. who explains the history white Americans refuse to confront ahead of the country's semiquincentennial anniversary. SUBSCRIBE TO ZETEO TO SUPPORT INDEPENDENT AND UNFILTERED JOURNALISM: https://zeteo.com/subscribe WATCH 'MEHDI UNFILTERED' ON SUBSTACK: https://zeteo.com/s/mehdi-unfiltered FIND ZETEO: Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeteo_news Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeteonews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zeteonews FIND MEHDI: Substack: https://substack.com/@mehdirhasan Twitter: https://twitter.com/@mehdirhasan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/@mehdirhasan TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mehdirhasan To advertise on the show, contact sales@advertisecast.com or visit https://advertising.libsyn.com/Zeteo

People in this episode

Host: Mehdi

Guest: Eddie Glaude Jr.

Topics covered

• American history
• race relations
• semquincentennial
• white American history
• cultural commentary

Keywords

• Eddie Glaude Jr.
• American history
• 250th anniversary
• race
• cultural commentary

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Organizations: Zeteo

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