Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Quote

James Baldwin’s words haunt: People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. Are we a nation of monsters?

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

James Baldwin’s words haunt: People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. Are we a nation of monsters?

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About Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Eddie Steven Glaude Jr. (born September 4, 1968) is an American academic, author, and pundit. He is James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Princeton University, where he teaches in the departments of African American studies and religion. At Princeton, Glaude was the inaugural department chair after the Princeton Center for African American Studies became an academic department in 2015; he led the program until stepping down in 2023.
Glaude teaches courses across the liberal arts disciplines and has been quoted in the media as a subject-matter expert on racial and religious identity politics in the United States. He has written and edited multiple books published by university presses, has contributed essays to Time, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times, and has appeared on NBC and MSNBC programs such as Morning Joe, Deadline: White House, and Meet the Press.