Racism Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
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The brown paper bag party shows how exclusion works when a darker skin tone blocks entry. Dyson says race is a social fiction used for gain, and that whiteness is a created privilege, not a natural law. He also points out the big gaps inside black America between rich and poor.
![“What are you for? It may be, to a degree, consoling that white brothers and sisters did not vote for [Donald] Trump, and do not participate in that brand of animus, that gas-bagging of enormous bigotry.” quote by Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/michael-eric-dyson-1424_animus_what-are-you-for-it-may-be-to-a-degree-c_14940.png)
![“I hope [white brothers and sisters] read this book [Tears we cannot stop] and engage with it, but other white people have a better chance of speaking more directly to the white folk they know, because they're less likely to be subject to ridicule. They're insiders, so to speak.” quote by Michael Eric Dyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/michael-eric-dyson-1424_book_i-hope-white-brothers-and-sisters-read-t_1117546.png)
