Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul — Democracy and the Value Gap

Crisis in Perception · Oct 1, 2026 · 48m

What does racial progress mean if the structures producing unequal outcomes remain intact?

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Using Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. as our lens, this episode investigates Glaude’s argument that persistent racial inequality reflects something deeper than a simple gap between American ideals and imperfect practice. His concept of the “value gap” describes a hierarchy of social worth that he argues is reproduced through racial habits, institutions, political…