Eddie Glaude: W.H. Contacted Me About Biden’s Speech at Morehouse; ‘He’s Going to Talk About the Reality of the Racial Divide that Defines the Nation’

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WITT: “Biden, who gives the commencement address at morehouse college in Atlanta tomorrow. Faculty voted to give him an honorary doctorate, though apparently that vote was evenly split if you want to include those who abstained from the vote. The president of the college says he will cease of the graduation if there are major disruptions. You, sir, are a morehouse college graduate. Who also serve on the board of trustees. What are your expectations for what President Biden was a tomorrow and the potential protest, how mighty those might be?”

GLAUDE: “Disclosure, the White House reached out and consulted with me about the speech. I have an idea of some of the things that he will reach for. Is going to talk about the history of Morehouse college. He’s going to talk about the reality of the racial divide that defines the nation. And, I guess he has to speak to those young folk, speak to what is in front of them. Look, this is occurring against the backdrop of the most serious moral challenge this generation faces. Might intuition, my expedition is that there will be protests. Those protests will take the form and shape they will take. I hope they are not too disruptive but I think President Biden has to speak to this generation directly. He cannot speak past them. He cannot assume that they are not informed, Alex. He has to speak to the fact that these young folk across the country are clamoring, are—“

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