In this inaugural episode, professors Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann and Brad Raley admit their own white privilege had allowed them to think things "had gotten better" during Barack Obama's time in the White House, but the unraveling of America under Donald Trump has revealed a much more somber reality when it comes to racial equality in the United States - as was on full display this past week.

Good reads discussed on the show:

Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF - The Root, Michael Harriot: https://www.theroot.com/pete-buttigieg-is-a-lying-mf-1840038708

Pete Buttigieg called me. Here's what happened - The Root, Michael Harriot: https://www.theroot.com/pete-buttigieg-called-me-heres-what-happened-1840055464

Rising out of Hatred, by Eli Saslow: https://www.amazon.com/Rising-Out-Hatred-Awakening-Nationalist/dp/0385542860