Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Body piercing and baggy clothes express identity among black youth, and not just beginning with hip-hop culture. Moreover, young black entrepreneurs like… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Mrs. James, my fifth-grade teacher, introduced us to some of the great literature of African American culture. I won my first blue… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I have written 13 books, full of my ideas about a variety of issues - from black women, to hip-hop culture, to… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Black women must challenge black men to live up to their best in every arena of the culture - at job, at… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I have written 5 books that address major figures in our culture: books on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Tupac Shakur,… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Obama sees the world in two ways: from the black perspective and from the white perspective. He was raised as a black… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
In black America mother love is second only to the love of God - but just slightly. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Obviously, Jay-Z is one of the greatest entertainers of the world today. Not only is he a remarkable rhetorical genius, he's also… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The culture will not be able to persist in light of the rigid systems of its own innocence. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
There are many things that black women can continue to do to help black folk. First, black women have historically been among… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
A lot of the commercial expression of hip-hop leaves a lot to be desired - but then, there's a lot of whack… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
What the left ends up missing is that politics have always been at the heart of American culture; it's been a white… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I have to constantly negotiate the tension between past neighborhood and present neighborhood. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all, he was… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Jeremiah Wright is one of the greatest prophetic preachers that black America has produced. What I find striking is that many white brothers and… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
What are you for? It may be, to a degree, consoling that white brothers and sisters did not vote for [Donald] Trump, and do… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I went to school four years later than most people because I was a teen father, hustled on the streets, worked, lived on welfare… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
It is true that race is a social fiction, a myth perpetuated by a variety of peoples throughout the modern period, especially, to further… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of other books and this book [Tears we cannot stop] was different. I couldn't just say what I wanted to… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“And there is a paradox that many of you refuse to see: to get to a point where race won’t make a difference, we… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Elvis [Presley] had a stepstool, if you will, to success because he came from the dominant culture. They identified with him. Michael Jackson had… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I was very struck when Min. Farrakhan said if Jesus and Muhammad were here today, they'd be embracing each other. That's a tremendous message… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“O! save us, we pray thee, thou God of Heaven and of earth, from the devouring hands of the white Christians!!! . . .… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others. — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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