White supremacy that has disregarded, derailed and violently defied that democracy at multiple turns. This can be a turning point, if more of us understand that history isn’t something that happens to us, but something we DO. Carol Anderson is the Charles Howard Candler professor of African-American studies at Emory University, and the author of White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy. We talk with her about her recent Guardian column on the historical and ongoing struggle between white supremacy and this country’s hopes for democracy. Transcript: ‘White Supremacists Were Willing to Hold the United States Hostage’Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at coverage of protest in India.