I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I grew up on the West Side - the "near West Side," [in Detroit], as they say - in what would be… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I was born in '58, so the riot in Detroit in 1967 was a memorable introduction to the issue of race and… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
[The World Series] introduced me for the first time to a team with a lot of black players. Detroit had about three… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit. — 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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