OH, THEY LOOK JUST LIKE US. HOW TRAGIC JOINING US TO DISCUSS
HOW TRAGIC JOINING US TO DISCUSS IS
TRAGIC JOINING US TO DISCUSS IS PROFESSOR EDDIE GLAUDE AS A
IS PROFESSOR EDDIE GLAUDE AS A CHAIRMAN OF THE
PROFESSOR EDDIE GLAUDE AS A CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT PRINCETON
DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSOR
STUDIES AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSOR CLOUD
UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSOR CLOUD IS INTERESTING TO HEAR SOME
CLOUD IS INTERESTING TO HEAR SOME CALLING
IS INTERESTING TO HEAR SOME CALLING COMMENTATORS REFER TO EUROPE.
CALLING COMMENTATORS REFER TO EUROPE. AS SO CIVILIZED
COMMENTATORS REFER TO EUROPE. AS SO CIVILIZED WHEN SOME OF THE WORST
AS SO CIVILIZED WHEN SOME OF THE WORST GENOCIDES AND IN HISTORY
WHEN SOME OF THE WORST GENOCIDES AND IN HISTORY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD,
GENOCIDES AND IN HISTORY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, NOTABLY THE HOLOCAUST
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, NOTABLY THE HOLOCAUST HAPPENED IN EUROPE.
NOTABLY THE HOLOCAUST HAPPENED IN EUROPE. WHAT SAY YOU HAVE YOU HAVE WE
HAPPENED IN EUROPE. WHAT SAY YOU HAVE YOU HAVE WE JUST FORGOTTEN THE HISTORY?
WHAT SAY YOU HAVE YOU HAVE WE JUST FORGOTTEN THE HISTORY? HISTORY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT‘S
JUST FORGOTTEN THE HISTORY? HISTORY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT‘S YOU KNOW, THE PAST IS NEVER
HISTORY. WELL, YOU KNOW, IT‘S YOU KNOW, THE PAST IS NEVER PASSED AS FAULKNER SAID. SO, I
YOU KNOW, THE PAST IS NEVER PASSED AS FAULKNER SAID. SO, I MEAN WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT
PASSED AS FAULKNER SAID. SO, I MEAN WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS
MEAN WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT THE YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS STILL ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY
THE YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS STILL ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY WHERE
STILL ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY WHERE CERTAIN BODY CERTAIN PEOPLE
WHERE CERTAIN BODY CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE VALUED MORE THAN OTHERS
CERTAIN BODY CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE VALUED MORE THAN OTHERS WHERE DEATH CAN BE
ARE VALUED MORE THAN OTHERS WHERE DEATH CAN BE KIND OF TOLERATED. THAT‘S NOT
WHERE DEATH CAN BE KIND OF TOLERATED. THAT‘S NOT THE RIGHT WORD.
KIND OF TOLERATED. THAT‘S NOT THE RIGHT WORD. DEATH COULD BE UNDERSTOOD IN A
THE RIGHT WORD. DEATH COULD BE UNDERSTOOD IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
DEATH COULD BE UNDERSTOOD IN A DIFFERENT WAY. THE HORROR OF EUROPE
DIFFERENT WAY. THE HORROR OF EUROPE TURNING ON ITSELF
THE HORROR OF EUROPE TURNING ON ITSELF CAN BE
TURNING ON ITSELF CAN BE CAN BE
CAN BE CAN BE ENDURED IN A SPECIFIC SORT OF
CAN BE ENDURED IN A SPECIFIC SORT OF WAY. I‘M REMINDED OF
ENDURED IN A SPECIFIC SORT OF WAY. I‘M REMINDED OF W.E.B. DU BOIS IS SA THE
WAY. I‘M REMINDED OF W.E.B. DU BOIS IS SA THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK AND I SAY
W.E.B. DU BOIS IS SA THE SOULS OF WHITE FOLK AND I SAY HERO.
SOULS OF WHITE FOLK AND I SAY HERO. IN
HERO. IN 1920 OF WELL, HE PUBLISHED IN
IN 1920 OF WELL, HE PUBLISHED IN 1920 IN HIS ESSAY BOOK OF
1920 OF WELL, HE PUBLISHED IN 1920 IN HIS ESSAY BOOK OF ESSAYS ENTITLED DARK WATER
1920 IN HIS ESSAY BOOK OF ESSAYS ENTITLED DARK WATER AND HE HAS THIS LINE THAT
ESSAYS ENTITLED DARK WATER AND HE HAS THIS LINE THAT KEEPS COMING TO MIND. IT‘S
AND HE HAS THIS LINE THAT KEEPS COMING TO MIND. IT‘S SOMETHING HE‘S TALKING ABOUT
KEEPS COMING TO MIND. IT‘S SOMETHING HE‘S TALKING ABOUT WHITE EUROPE AND HE SAYS, I‘M
SOMETHING HE‘S TALKING ABOUT WHITE EUROPE AND HE SAYS, I‘M WHITE.
WHITE EUROPE AND HE SAYS, I‘M WHITE. AND THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL
WHITE. AND THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF OUR PRACTICAL
AND THAT IS THE FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF OUR PRACTICAL MORALITY.
TENETS OF OUR PRACTICAL MORALITY. THERE‘S A SENSE IN WHICH
MORALITY. THERE‘S A SENSE IN WHICH WHITENESS CONTINUES TO
THERE‘S A SENSE IN WHICH WHITENESS CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OUR WAY OF LIFE
WHITENESS CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OUR WAY OF LIFE CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE, EVEN
ORGANIZE OUR WAY OF LIFE CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE, EVEN OUR RESPONSE IN
CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE, EVEN OUR RESPONSE IN CERTAIN MOMENTS LIKE THIS,
OUR RESPONSE IN CERTAIN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, EVEN OUR RESPONSE TO HORROR
CERTAIN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, EVEN OUR RESPONSE TO HORROR AND CRUELTY.
EVEN OUR RESPONSE TO HORROR AND CRUELTY. CRUELTY. YES.
AND CRUELTY. CRUELTY. YES. LET‘S IT‘S SO, SO TRUE. I
CRUELTY. YES. LET‘S IT‘S SO, SO TRUE. I LOVE THAT SO MUCH AND I ALSO
LET‘S IT‘S SO, SO TRUE. I LOVE THAT SO MUCH AND I ALSO THINK A LOT ABOUT THIS ROLE
LOVE THAT SO MUCH AND I ALSO THINK A LOT ABOUT THIS ROLE THAT I THINK I ESTABLISH AS
THINK A LOT ABOUT THIS ROLE THAT I THINK I ESTABLISH AS LIKE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
THAT I THINK I ESTABLISH AS LIKE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHICH IS LIKE
LIKE AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHICH IS LIKE PEOPLE ARE.
WHICH IS LIKE PEOPLE ARE. THEY‘RE JUST PEOPLE,
PEOPLE ARE. THEY‘RE JUST PEOPLE, LIKE
THEY‘RE JUST PEOPLE, LIKE EVERYONE IS JUST PEOPLE,
LIKE EVERYONE IS JUST PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND SO THERE IS NO,
EVERYONE IS JUST PEOPLE, RIGHT? AND SO THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO PERSON WHO IS
RIGHT? AND SO THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO PERSON WHO IS SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER PERSON.
THERE IS NO PERSON WHO IS SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER PERSON. EVERYONE‘S JUST A PERSON
SUPERIOR TO ANOTHER PERSON. EVERYONE‘S JUST A PERSON AND IN SO MANY WAYS. I THINK
EVERYONE‘S JUST A PERSON AND IN SO MANY WAYS. I THINK THAT
AND IN SO MANY WAYS. I THINK THAT THESE KINDS OF
THAT THESE KINDS OF TRAGIC TRAGEDIES,
THESE KINDS OF TRAGIC TRAGEDIES, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT
TRAGIC TRAGEDIES, WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT IDEA,
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT IDEA, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE GET
IDEA, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE GET SIDETRACKED,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE GET SIDETRACKED, I WANT TO TURN
SIDETRACKED, I WANT TO TURN ALSO TO THE TOPIC OF
I WANT TO TURN ALSO TO THE TOPIC OF GEOGRAPHY, BECAUSE GEOGRAPHY,
ALSO TO THE TOPIC OF GEOGRAPHY, BECAUSE GEOGRAPHY, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY
GEOGRAPHY, BECAUSE GEOGRAPHY, AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN INCREDIBLY
AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT
AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE OF HOW PUTIN
IMPORTANT ISSUE BECAUSE OF HOW PUTIN VIEWS
ISSUE BECAUSE OF HOW PUTIN VIEWS UKRAINE, BUT ALSO
VIEWS UKRAINE, BUT ALSO THE LARGER HISTORY OF YOUR
UKRAINE, BUT ALSO THE LARGER HISTORY OF YOUR A NICOLE HANNA JOAN. SHE
THE LARGER HISTORY OF YOUR A NICOLE HANNA JOAN. SHE TWEETED THIS
A NICOLE HANNA JOAN. SHE TWEETED THIS THAT EUROPE IS NOT BY
TWEETED THIS THAT EUROPE IS NOT BY DEFINITION
THAT EUROPE IS NOT BY DEFINITION A CONTINENT BUT
DEFINITION A CONTINENT BUT IS QUOTE, A GEOPOLITICAL
A CONTINENT BUT IS QUOTE, A GEOPOLITICAL FICTION TO SEPARATE IT FROM
IS QUOTE, A GEOPOLITICAL FICTION TO SEPARATE IT FROM ASIA. SHE ALSO SHOWS
FICTION TO SEPARATE IT FROM ASIA. SHE ALSO SHOWS HOW REALLY SMALL EUROPE IS
ASIA. SHE ALSO SHOWS HOW REALLY SMALL EUROPE IS IN COMPARISON TO AFTER IT‘S
HOW REALLY SMALL EUROPE IS IN COMPARISON TO AFTER IT‘S ONE OF MY FAVORITE
IN COMPARISON TO AFTER IT‘S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES
ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCENES FROM THE
SCENES FROM THE WEST WING ACTUALLY
FROM THE WEST WING ACTUALLY BACK AT ONE OF THE EARLY
WEST WING ACTUALLY BACK AT ONE OF THE EARLY SEASONS
BACK AT ONE OF THE EARLY SEASONS REALIZING THIS
SEASONS REALIZING THIS TALK ABOUT HOW
REALIZING THIS TALK ABOUT HOW OUR
TALK ABOUT HOW OUR MAPS, AND EVEN HOW GEOGRAPHY,
OUR MAPS, AND EVEN HOW GEOGRAPHY, AND THE WAY THAT WE‘VE BEEN
MAPS, AND EVEN HOW GEOGRAPHY, AND THE WAY THAT WE‘VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EUROPE AND
AND THE WAY THAT WE‘VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT EUROPE AND RELATION TO AFRICA,
TALKING ABOUT EUROPE AND RELATION TO AFRICA, IT COLORS
RELATION TO AFRICA, IT COLORS HOW WE VIEW THE
IT COLORS HOW WE VIEW THE HIERARCHY AND THE
HOW WE VIEW THE HIERARCHY AND THE IMPORT OF EUROPE VERSUS OTHER
HIERARCHY AND THE IMPORT OF EUROPE VERSUS OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
IMPORT OF EUROPE VERSUS OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND
PARTS OF THE WORLD. WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EUROPE AS A KIND OF
WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND EUROPE AS A KIND OF HISTORICAL
EUROPE AS A KIND OF HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? IT COMES
HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? IT COMES ABOUT AS A RESULT OF
CONSTRUCTION, RIGHT? IT COMES ABOUT AS A RESULT OF MARITIME EXPLORATION,
ABOUT AS A RESULT OF MARITIME EXPLORATION, AS
MARITIME EXPLORATION, AS COUNTRIES THAT WOULD BECOME
AS COUNTRIES THAT WOULD BECOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THEY
COUNTRIES THAT WOULD BECOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THEY WEREN‘T THAT INITIALLY.
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THEY WEREN‘T THAT INITIALLY. VENTURE OUT AND
WEREN‘T THAT INITIALLY. VENTURE OUT AND ENCOUNTER
VENTURE OUT AND ENCOUNTER DIFFERENT PEOPLES, PEOPLES
ENCOUNTER DIFFERENT PEOPLES, PEOPLES THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN
DIFFERENT PEOPLES, PEOPLES THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE. AND IN SOME WAYS
BEFORE. AND IN SOME WAYS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICA,
AND IN SOME WAYS THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICA, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE QUOTE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICA, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE ORIENT IS AT THE HEART OF THE
UNQUOTE ORIENT IS AT THE HEART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT BECOMES
ORIENT IS AT THE HEART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT BECOMES EUROPE. THESE ARE
CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT BECOMES EUROPE. THESE ARE ORACLE ARTIFACTS, THEY‘RE NOT
EUROPE. THESE ARE ORACLE ARTIFACTS, THEY‘RE NOT NATURAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE
ORACLE ARTIFACTS, THEY‘RE NOT NATURAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. THEY ARE
NATURAL ENTITIES THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE. THEY ARE CREATURES OF TIME, AND IN
ALWAYS BEEN HERE. THEY ARE CREATURES OF TIME, AND IN SO MANY WAYS.
CREATURES OF TIME, AND IN SO MANY WAYS. ITALY, KNOW, THEY‘RE CREATURES
SO MANY WAYS. ITALY, KNOW, THEY‘RE CREATURES OF A KIND OF COLONIAL
ITALY, KNOW, THEY‘RE CREATURES OF A KIND OF COLONIAL WORLD. A WORLD THAT IS
OF A KIND OF COLONIAL WORLD. A WORLD THAT IS EXPANDING, THAT IS SHOT
WORLD. A WORLD THAT IS EXPANDING, THAT IS SHOT THROUGH WITH VIOLENCE, THAT
EXPANDING, THAT IS SHOT THROUGH WITH VIOLENCE, THAT IS SHOT THROUGH WITH THE
THROUGH WITH VIOLENCE, THAT IS SHOT THROUGH WITH THE EMPIRE
IS SHOT THROUGH WITH THE EMPIRE IMPERIAL AMBITION. AND SO WHAT
EMPIRE IMPERIAL AMBITION. AND SO WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE SEE THESE
IMPERIAL AMBITION. AND SO WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE SEE THESE GEOGRAPHIC LINES OR EVEN HOW
WE SEE WHEN WE SEE THESE GEOGRAPHIC LINES OR EVEN HOW THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
GEOGRAPHIC LINES OR EVEN HOW THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA RESULTED IN
THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA RESULTED IN NATIONAL BOUNDARIES THAT WERE
RESULTED IN NATIONAL BOUNDARIES THAT WERE NOT QUITE
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES THAT WERE NOT QUITE NATURAL IN SOME WAYS IN TERMS
NOT QUITE NATURAL IN SOME WAYS IN TERMS OF THE
NATURAL IN SOME WAYS IN TERMS OF THE ETHNIC COMPOSITION.
OF THE ETHNIC COMPOSITION. ADDITION OF THE CONTINENT THAT
ETHNIC COMPOSITION. ADDITION OF THE CONTINENT THAT THAT‘S A REFLECTION
ADDITION OF THE CONTINENT THAT THAT‘S A REFLECTION OF YOU KNOW, THE LEGACY
THAT‘S A REFLECTION OF YOU KNOW, THE LEGACY THE IMPACT OF COLONIALISM
OF YOU KNOW, THE LEGACY THE IMPACT OF COLONIALISM THAT NOT ONLY SHAPE THE WAY
THE IMPACT OF COLONIALISM THAT NOT ONLY SHAPE THE WAY AFRICA IS SEEN THE WAY
THAT NOT ONLY SHAPE THE WAY AFRICA IS SEEN THE WAY THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA IS SEEN THE WAY THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MIDDLE EAST IS UNDERSTOOD
THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MIDDLE EAST IS UNDERSTOOD THE WAY,
IS UNDERSTOOD THE WAY, ASIA IS UNDERSTOOD. ALSO,
THE WAY, ASIA IS UNDERSTOOD. ALSO, THE WAY EUROPE IS UNDERSTOOD.
ASIA IS UNDERSTOOD. ALSO, THE WAY EUROPE IS UNDERSTOOD. SO WHAT WE‘RE HEARING
THE WAY EUROPE IS UNDERSTOOD. SO WHAT WE‘RE HEARING IN THIS SORT OF REPORTING
SO WHAT WE‘RE HEARING IN THIS SORT OF REPORTING IS WHAT SOME SCHOLARS WOULD
IN THIS SORT OF REPORTING IS WHAT SOME SCHOLARS WOULD DESCRIBE AS THIS KIND OF
IS WHAT SOME SCHOLARS WOULD DESCRIBE AS THIS KIND OF ORIENTALIST LOGIC, RIGHT?
DESCRIBE AS THIS KIND OF ORIENTALIST LOGIC, RIGHT? THAT EUROPE IS CIVILIZED.
ORIENTALIST LOGIC, RIGHT? THAT EUROPE IS CIVILIZED. WHY THE
THAT EUROPE IS CIVILIZED. WHY THE JIZZ IN
WHY THE JIZZ IN BARBARIANS, RIGHT? ARE EACH AT
JIZZ IN BARBARIANS, RIGHT? ARE EACH AT EACH OTHER‘S THROATS. AND
BARBARIANS, RIGHT? ARE EACH AT EACH OTHER‘S THROATS. AND WHAT‘S INTERESTING AS YOU SAID
EACH OTHER‘S THROATS. AND WHAT‘S INTERESTING AS YOU SAID IN THE LEAD IS THAT
WHAT‘S INTERESTING AS YOU SAID IN THE LEAD IS THAT EUROPE IS IS KIND OF
IN THE LEAD IS THAT EUROPE IS IS KIND OF RIFE WITH THE HISTORY OF
EUROPE IS IS KIND OF RIFE WITH THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.
RIFE WITH THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE. THERE‘S A REASON WHY NATO
VIOLENCE. THERE‘S A REASON WHY NATO EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE
THERE‘S A REASON WHY NATO EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE SHOULD SAY. SO YES,
EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE, WE SHOULD SAY. SO YES, THIS IS HISTORY
SHOULD SAY. SO YES, THIS IS HISTORY HEARTS AND WE‘RE SEEING IT.
THIS IS HISTORY HEARTS AND WE‘RE SEEING IT. NOT ONLY IN THE REPORTING, BUT
HEARTS AND WE‘RE SEEING IT. NOT ONLY IN THE REPORTING, BUT WE‘RE ALSO SEEING IT IN
NOT ONLY IN THE REPORTING, BUT WE‘RE ALSO SEEING IT IN THE CONFLICT ITSELF, RIGHT?
WE‘RE ALSO SEEING IT IN THE CONFLICT ITSELF, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE‘S UKRAINE HAS A
THE CONFLICT ITSELF, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE‘S UKRAINE HAS A LONG HISTORY.
BECAUSE THERE‘S UKRAINE HAS A LONG HISTORY. RUSSIA HAS A LONG HISTORY,
LONG HISTORY. RUSSIA HAS A LONG HISTORY, RIGHT? AND SO THESE
RUSSIA HAS A LONG HISTORY, RIGHT? AND SO THESE HISTORIES
RIGHT? AND SO THESE HISTORIES PLAYING THEMSELVES OUT IN REAL
HISTORIES PLAYING THEMSELVES OUT IN REAL TIME RIGHT NOW.
PLAYING THEMSELVES OUT IN REAL TIME RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, A LOT OF MEDIA
TIME RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, A LOT OF MEDIA COMPANIES INCLUDING NBC ARE
I MEAN, A LOT OF MEDIA COMPANIES INCLUDING NBC ARE WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE.
COMPANIES INCLUDING NBC ARE WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE. THE STAFF REFLECTS THE
WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE SURE. THE STAFF REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF.
THE STAFF REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF. AMERICAN PUBLIC. I MEAN,
DIVERSITY OF. AMERICAN PUBLIC. I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT PART OF THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC. I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT
DO YOU THINK THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE
PROBLEM IS THAT WE DEFAULT TO A WHITE
WE DEFAULT TO A WHITE PERSPECTIVE
DEFAULT TO A WHITE PERSPECTIVE WHEN REPORTING ON WORLD
PERSPECTIVE WHEN REPORTING ON WORLD EVENTS. I MEAN,
WHEN REPORTING ON WORLD EVENTS. I MEAN, I DON‘T THINK THAT I
EVENTS. I MEAN, I DON‘T THINK THAT I PERSONALLY DO THAT BECAUSE I‘M
I DON‘T THINK THAT I PERSONALLY DO THAT BECAUSE I‘M VERY CONSCIOUS OF IT.
PERSONALLY DO THAT BECAUSE I‘M VERY CONSCIOUS OF IT. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD
VERY CONSCIOUS OF IT. BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD ALL DO A BETTER JOB
BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WE COULD ALL DO A BETTER JOB IN DECENTERING WHITENESS
ALL DO A BETTER JOB IN DECENTERING WHITENESS WHEN WE‘RE TALKING
IN DECENTERING WHITENESS WHEN WE‘RE TALKING ABOUT MANY? I MEAN,
WHEN WE‘RE TALKING ABOUT MANY? I MEAN, MANY ISSUES, BUT
ABOUT MANY? I MEAN, MANY ISSUES, BUT INCLUDING THIS
MANY ISSUES, BUT INCLUDING THIS CONFLICT.
INCLUDING THIS CONFLICT. YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK
CONFLICT. YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT‘S VERY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS
YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT‘S VERY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS POINT VERY CLEAR THAT
IT‘S VERY WE NEED TO MAKE THIS POINT VERY CLEAR THAT TO DISINTER WHITENESS, IS NOT
POINT VERY CLEAR THAT TO DISINTER WHITENESS, IS NOT TO DISMISS IT. WE NEED
TO DISINTER WHITENESS, IS NOT TO DISMISS IT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND
TO DISMISS IT. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND ITS WORKINGS. AND THIS IS
TO UNDERSTAND ITS WORKINGS. AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE
ITS WORKINGS. AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY THE CASE IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA
PARTICULARLY THE CASE IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
IN THE CONTEXT OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. THERE‘S AN UNREPORTED STORY
AND UKRAINE. THERE‘S AN UNREPORTED STORY THAT‘S HAPPENING HERE.
THERE‘S AN UNREPORTED STORY THAT‘S HAPPENING HERE. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH
THAT‘S HAPPENING HERE. IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPLOSION
IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE IMPLOSION OF GLOBAL WHITE NATIONALISM.
THE IMPLOSION OF GLOBAL WHITE NATIONALISM. RIGHT? THAT UKRAINE IN SO MANY
OF GLOBAL WHITE NATIONALISM. RIGHT? THAT UKRAINE IN SO MANY WAYS WAS THE CENTER OF A
RIGHT? THAT UKRAINE IN SO MANY WAYS WAS THE CENTER OF A CERTAIN KIND OF
WAYS WAS THE CENTER OF A CERTAIN KIND OF NEO-NAZI MOVEMENT.
CERTAIN KIND OF NEO-NAZI MOVEMENT. THAT‘S WHAT MADE,
NEO-NAZI MOVEMENT. THAT‘S WHAT MADE, YOU KNOW, PUTIN‘S
THAT‘S WHAT MADE, YOU KNOW, PUTIN‘S CLAIM ABOUT DENAZIFICATION,
YOU KNOW, PUTIN‘S CLAIM ABOUT DENAZIFICATION, VERY INTERESTING. WE WERE
CLAIM ABOUT DENAZIFICATION, VERY INTERESTING. WE WERE DISMISSING IT OUT OF HAND, BUT
VERY INTERESTING. WE WERE DISMISSING IT OUT OF HAND, BUT WE WEREN‘T KIND OF LOOKING ON
DISMISSING IT OUT OF HAND, BUT WE WEREN‘T KIND OF LOOKING ON THE GROUND OF WHAT HAS BEEN
WE WEREN‘T KIND OF LOOKING ON THE GROUND OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING
THE GROUND OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF UKRAINE
HAPPENING IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF UKRAINE OR HOW RUSSIA HAS BEEN
IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF UKRAINE OR HOW RUSSIA HAS BEEN IMAGINED AS THE KIND
OR HOW RUSSIA HAS BEEN IMAGINED AS THE KIND OF
IMAGINED AS THE KIND OF SPACE FOR A NEW KIND OF
OF SPACE FOR A NEW KIND OF WHITE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY.
SPACE FOR A NEW KIND OF WHITE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY. AND SO MANY WAYS AND IT MIGHT
WHITE CHRISTIAN IDENTITY. AND SO MANY WAYS AND IT MIGHT INFORM AND SHAPE SOME OF THE
AND SO MANY WAYS AND IT MIGHT INFORM AND SHAPE SOME OF THE RESPONSES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY
INFORM AND SHAPE SOME OF THE RESPONSES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
RESPONSES IN OUR OWN COUNTRY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE DON‘T WANT TO
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. SO WE DON‘T WANT TO DISMISS DISMISS
SO WE DON‘T WANT TO DISMISS DISMISS HOW
DISMISS DISMISS HOW WHITENESS IS
HOW WHITENESS IS WORKING. BUT WHAT
WHITENESS IS WORKING. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A WORLD THAT HAS
WORKING. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IN A WORLD THAT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
HAPPENS IN A WORLD THAT HAS BEEN ORGANIZED BY WHAT I CALL THE
BEEN ORGANIZED BY WHAT I CALL THE VALUE GAP
BY WHAT I CALL THE VALUE GAP BY THIS BELIEF, THAT SOME
VALUE GAP BY THIS BELIEF, THAT SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF
BY THIS BELIEF, THAT SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN
PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN ARE VALUED, MORE THAN OTHERS
THEIR SKIN ARE VALUED, MORE THAN OTHERS THAT
ARE VALUED, MORE THAN OTHERS THAT WORLD STILL
THAT WORLD STILL EXISTS, AND IT‘S
WORLD STILL EXISTS, AND IT‘S CROPS. IT SHOWS. IT‘S UGLY
EXISTS, AND IT‘S CROPS. IT SHOWS. IT‘S UGLY FACE
CROPS. IT SHOWS. IT‘S UGLY FACE AT EVERY TURN
FACE AT EVERY TURN AND SO, YOU‘RE RIGHT,
AT EVERY TURN AND SO, YOU‘RE RIGHT, WE NEED TO REPORT, ACCORDING
AND SO, YOU‘RE RIGHT, WE NEED TO REPORT, ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN BEINGS, YOU KNOW,
WE NEED TO REPORT, ACCORDING TO THE HUMAN BEINGS, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THE HUMAN BEINGS
TO THE HUMAN BEINGS, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THE HUMAN BEINGS THAT HAVE VALUE RIGHT IN
IN LIGHT OF THE HUMAN BEINGS THAT HAVE VALUE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND
THAT HAVE VALUE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AND TRIED DESPERATELY TO
FRONT OF US AND TRIED DESPERATELY TO PUT ASIDE
TRIED DESPERATELY TO PUT ASIDE THIS IDEA THAT THE COLOR OF
PUT ASIDE THIS IDEA THAT THE COLOR OF ONE‘S SKIN
THIS IDEA THAT THE COLOR OF ONE‘S SKIN DETERMINES ONES VALUE, AND
ONE‘S SKIN DETERMINES ONES VALUE, AND IF YOU‘RE HAPPY, NOT TO BE
DETERMINES ONES VALUE, AND IF YOU‘RE HAPPY, NOT TO BE WHITE, YOU OUGHT TO BE
IF YOU‘RE HAPPY, NOT TO BE WHITE, YOU OUGHT TO BE DISREGARDED AS WE‘RE SEEING IT
WHITE, YOU OUGHT TO BE DISREGARDED AS WE‘RE SEEING IT IN SOME PLACES ON THE BORDER
DISREGARDED AS WE‘RE SEEING IT IN SOME PLACES ON THE BORDER OF POLAND AND UKRAINE.
IN SOME PLACES ON THE BORDER OF POLAND AND UKRAINE. PROFESSOR EDDIE CLOUD, IT‘S
OF POLAND AND UKRAINE. PROFESSOR EDDIE CLOUD, IT‘S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK TO
PROFESSOR EDDIE CLOUD, IT‘S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU AND I LOVE WHEN YOU,
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU AND I LOVE WHEN YOU, YOU‘RE CITING
YOU AND I LOVE WHEN YOU, YOU‘RE CITING THE GREAT WORKS OF
YOU‘RE CITING THE GREAT WORKS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS. IT‘S JUST
THE GREAT WORKS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS. IT‘S JUST JUST AN HONOR. THANK YOU AGAIN
W.E.B. DU BOIS. IT‘S JUST JUST AN HONOR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TO START US OFF
JUST AN HONOR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE TO START US OFF TONIGHT,