In an earlier podcast, we talked about whiteness as a political coalition. However, the census data show that white as a category will no longer be a standalone majority of the U.S. population by 2042. In anticipation of that, political strategists have been working to weaponize the changing demographics of the country and weaponize the insecurity that generates among whites to try and maintain power. In this week’s episode, we talk about what this type of racialized strategy means for this year’s election and why it is perhaps more worrying for the election in 2024.

Is white privilege preventing us from living up to the founding ideals of this country? Does it take us further away from each other and the community building required for us to realize the true American dream? In today’s podcast, we talk about the first article in the 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones and what it is going to take for us to understand how to love this country in all its glory along with all its flaws.

Football players being booed for peaceful protests, the shooting of two police officers in LA and its impact on support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and anti-racism education being called un-American by the President -- these are just a few of the topics connected to race making news this week. In today’s episode, Byron offers perspective on each of these and how they perpetuate racism in the country today.