Crash Course: The "race-obsessed liberal" nightmare: "We have to fight for a country that doesn't love us back"

Playwright Wajahat Ali stopped by "Salon Talks" to discuss his new book, incarceration, Ukraine and white privilege Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpiPkKVQWIH4YfkUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). The "race-obsessed liberal" nightmare: "We have to fight for a country that doesn't love us back" "Go back to your country," yelled a stubby, beet-red-faced Sox fan at a bar, located across from the Orioles stadium, at Camden Yards in downtown Baltimore. It was days after [Freddie Gray](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTcvMDQvMjQvd2F0Y2gtd2hhdC1yZWFsbHktaGFwcGVuZWQtdG8tZnJlZGRpZS1ncmF5L1cDc3BjQgpiPkKVQWIH4YfkUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), a 25-year-old unarmed Black man, was killed in police custody. As a result of the tragedy, a group of community members in combination with a few local activists, had organized a march to plea for justice and the arrests of Gray's uniformed killers. I participated in that march, as an angry citizen, but more as a reporter. Things were 100% peaceful, until we intersected with the baseball crowd –– where, "Go back to your country," easily rolled off of the stubby guys tongue, as if he was more than sure we didn't belong in America, without question. As if we all weren't from east or west Baltimore. Needless to say, massive fights broke out shortly after the bigot's chant, and the rest is history. [Read the rest from D. Watkins](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvd2FqYWhhdC1hbGktZ28tYmFjay10by13aGVyZS15b3UtY2FtZS1mcm9tLXNhbG9uLXRhbGtzL1cDc3BjQgpiPkKVQWIH4YfkUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Getty Images/Flashpop) Trump may need to look up the definition of "smart" During a rally held in Georgia on Saturday, former president Donald Trump referred to Vladimir Putin as "smart" for the second time in the past month. The rally where the comment was made is part of Trump's "Save America" roll-out which is rather ironic, given some of the topics discussed during it. [Read the rest from Kelly McClure.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RNaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvbWF5LW5lZWQtdG8tbG9vay11cC10aGUtZGVmaW5pdGlvbi1vZi1zbWFydC9XA3NwY0IKYj5ClUFiB-GH5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) - Has Ben Affleck's"[Deep Water](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RaaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvZGVlcC13YXRlci1iZW4tYWZmbGVjay1naWdsaS1hbmEtZGUtYXJtYXMtamVubmlmZXItbG9wZXovVwNzcGNCCmI-QpVBYgfhh-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)" left you asking why? Look back at "Gigli" - Some evangelicals claim [Ukraine war means the end times](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvc29tZS1ldmFuZ2VsaWNhbHMtY2xhaW0tdWtyYWluZS1tZWFucy10aGUtZW5kLXRpbWVzLS1hcy11c3VhbC10aGV5cmUvVwNzcGNCCmI-QpVBYgfhh-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) — as usual, they're wrong - Is "[CODA](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RLaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvY29kYS1kZWFmLWdyZWVuLWJvb2stZGlzYWJpbGl0eS1ob2xseXdvb2QvVwNzcGNCCmI-QpVBYgfhh-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)" the "Green Book" of films about deaf people? - When a leading Republican called for [world government](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvd2hlbi1hLWxlYWRpbmctY2FsbGVkLWZvci13b3JsZC1nb3Zlcm5tZW50LS1hbmQtZWluc3RlaW4tYW5kLWdhbmRoaS1iYWNrZWQtaGltL1cDc3BjQgpiPkKVQWIH4YfkUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) — and Einstein and Gandhi backed him - What my gay childhood in a "[Don't Say Gay](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjYvd2hhdC1teS1nYXktY2hpbGRob29kLWluLWEtZG9udC1zYXktZ2F5LWxhbmRzY2FwZS13YXMtcmVhbGx5LWxpa2UvVwNzcGNCCmI-QpVBYgfhh-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~)" landscape was really like Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgpiPkKVQWIH4YfkUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. The masculine ideal of suppressing one's feelings has all kinds of awful repercussions It might surprise you to know that boys are more emotionally expressive than girls before age two. That difference does not last very long, as many boys are made to feel ashamed of themselves for violating masculine norms by expressing their feelings. And this prohibition against being sad, fearful, disappointed, lonely, or any emotion other than anger follows many into a stoic manhood. [Read more from Christopher Kilmartin and Ronald F. Levant.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0R3aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvdGhlLW1hc2N1bGluZS1pZGVhbC1vZi1zdXBwcmVzc2luZy1vbmVzLWZlZWxpbmdzLWhhcy1hbGwta2luZHMtb2YtYXdmdWwtcmVwZXJjdXNzaW9ucy9XA3NwY0IKYj5ClUFiB-GH5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Getty Images/Jasmin Merdan) - "THIS WILLY WONKA-THEMED HOTEL ROOM IS MOUTHWATERING," [Nerdist](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0TCaHR0cHM6Ly9uZXJkaXN0LmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlL3dpbGx5LXdvbmthLXRoZW1lZC1ob3RlbC1yb29tLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249c29jaWFsK2Zsb3cmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1mYWNlYm9vay5jb20mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1zb2NpYWwmZmJjbGlkPUl3QVIwN3JSWjNGUjNfelpJUFo4aWk5aGRQTXd5UU84LW5wamltVDJFZkd6N2JyWHVwd1E5Vjh2SVBlWXdXA3NwY0IKYj5ClUFiB-GH5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "City of Marquette closing road nightly to save salamanders," [AP News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RfaHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvb2RkaXRpZXMtbWljaGlnYW4tbWFycXVldHRlLXRyYWZmaWMtMzA4MWY1ZWRiNzNhN2VhM2NlMWFhYzFlZTE5NWMyYmRXA3NwY0IKYj5ClUFiB-GH5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Body of missing Montana man found after 'encounter with a grizzly,' officials say," [NBC News](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0SBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmJjbmV3cy5jb20vbmV3cy91cy1uZXdzL2JvZHktbWlzc2luZy1tb250YW5hLW1hbi1mb3VuZC1lbmNvdW50ZXItZ3JpenpseS1vZmZpY2lhbHMtc2F5LXJjbmEyMTc0ND9jaWQ9c21fbnBkX25uX3R3X21hVwNzcGNCCmI-QpVBYgfhh-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "Shanghai Covid: China announces largest city-wide lockdown," [BBC](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0QyaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmJjLmNvbS9uZXdzL3dvcmxkLWFzaWEtY2hpbmEtNjA4OTMwNzBXA3NwY0IKYj5ClUFiB-GH5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Plastic pollution could make much of humanity infertile, experts fear [Scientists believe this is not only possible, it is likely to happen within our lifetimes.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRkJBo_P0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDMvMjcvcGxhc3RpYy1wb2xsdXRpb24tY291bGQtbWFrZS1tdWNoLW9mLWh1bWFuaXR5LWluZmVydGlsZS1leHBlcnRzLWZlYXIvVwNzcGNCCmI-QpVBYgfhh-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) (Getty Images/filo) Have a tip for Salon? 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