"Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that……" — Michael Eric Dyson
"Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent."
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63 Quotes by Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson has 63 quotes on this site.
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He was not hip-hop's most gifted emcee. Still, Shakur may be the most influential and compelling rapper of them all,…
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Gangsta rap often reaches higher than its ugliest, lowest common denominator, misogyny, violence, materialism and sexual transgression are not its…
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The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.
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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.
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Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.
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Tony Morrison said, 'Can't I love what I criticize, criticize what I love.'
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There is no conscious choice of heterosexual identity any more than there is a homosexual one. The last person in…
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There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are…
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When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words…
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When you look at a guy like a Jay-Z or look at a guy like a Nas, you don't necessarily…
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You cannot hear the name Martin Luther King, Jr., and not think of death. You might hear the words 'I…
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We can't exempt ourselves from the same moral calculus that we are willing to apply to others.
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Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight…
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A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student.
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Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when when the stars are…
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One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he…
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Nothing but blackness above And nothing that moves but the cars... God, if you wish for our love, Fling us…
— Louis Untermeyer
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Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when…
— Halle Berry
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I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as…
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It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.
— Charles Duke
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I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither…
— Gil Scott-Heron
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I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
— Hunter S. Thompson
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My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before.
— Michelle Obama
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I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It…
— Sara Gruen
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