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EPISODE · Aug 8, 2025 · 45 MIN

Ep. 47: Rogers Smith on America’s New Racial Battle Lines

from The Democratic Constitution Podcast · host Lucas De Hart and Luke Pickrell

Luke talks with Rogers Smith, co-author with Desmond King of America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair. Rogers describes the two sides — “protect” versus “repair” — of America’s current political landscape, the Constitution’s role in shaping America’s political arena and impeding the repair agenda, Trump as the embodiment of the protect agenda, and the significance of the Declaration of Independence’s semiquincentennial.

Luke talks with Rogers Smith, co-author with Desmond King of America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair. Rogers describes the two sides — “protect” versus “repair” — of America’s current political landscape, the Constitution’s role in shaping America’s political arena and impeding the repair agenda, Trump as the embodiment of the protect agenda, and the significance of the Declaration of Independence’s semiquincentennial.

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Luke talks with Rogers Smith, co-author with Desmond King of America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect Versus Repair. Rogers describes the two sides — “protect” versus “repair” — of America’s current political landscape, the Constitution’s role in...

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