"Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who……" — Michael Eric Dyson
"Bill Cosby is a famous black guy who has a bully pulpit the size of the world; it's global. He puts his colossal foot on the vulnerable necks of poor people, and as a result of that, we don't have a balanced conversation."
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63 Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
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