Discussion: Begin Again By Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Folio continues a critical series of book discussions exploring the history of racism in the United States with Begin Again, a searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin.

A searing indictment of racial injustice in America - inspired by the life and work of James Baldwin - to help us understand the present moment, and imagine a new future into being 'Not everything is lost. Responsibility cannot be lost, it can only be abdicated. If one refuses abdication, one begins again.The struggles of Black Lives Matter and the attempt to achieve a new America have been challenged by the presidency of Donald Trump, a president whose time in the White House represents the latest failure of America to face the lies it tells itself about race. 

For James Baldwin, a similar attempt to force a confrontation with the truth of…