I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Beloved, to be black in America is to live in terror. That terror is fast. It is glimpsed in cops giving chase… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Beloved, to be white is to know that you have at your own hand, or by extension, through institutionalized means, the power… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Beloved, there is something black folk fear, whether you can see it or not, whether some of us black folk will say… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“I know that when we get out of our own way and let the spirit of love and hope shine through we… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Beloved, white racial grief erupts when you fear losing your dominance. You get mighty angry at our demand that you live up… — 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
Tony Morrison said, 'Can't I love what I criticize, criticize what I love.' — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
When you have closed the Bible, you have neither closed God's mind nor shut God's mouth. God continues to speak, live and… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
“Beloved, there is a truth to Trump’s election that many of you refuse to see: too many white folk are willing to… — 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