Apr 17 2007
Debating Race with Michael Eric Dyson (Rebroadcast)
GUEST: Michael Eric Dyson, author of “Debating Race”
According to Cornel West, author of Race Matters and Democracy Matters, “Michael Eric Dyson is the most courageous and visionary public intellectual on the scene today. He exemplifies a profound commitment to social justice and a genuine love of black people, especially poor black people. In short, he is a rare kind of genius with organic links to our beloved street brothers and sisters!”
Michael Eric Dyson is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania. He has written over ten books including Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur; Why I Love Black Women; I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr; Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X; Is Bill Cosby Right?, and Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.
Michael Eric Dyson has never shied away from controversy and has taken on the likes of Ward Connerly and Ann Coulter. His latest book is called Debating Race — “ a collection of many of Dyson’s most memorable encounters and most poignant arguments on the topic of race. Michael Eric Dyson joins us in studio.
Michael Eric Dyson’s website is www.michaelericdyson.com
3 Responses to “Debating Race with Michael Eric Dyson (Rebroadcast)”
This was a very entertaining and educational program. I would be very interested in taking a White Studies course to examine how we white people have hindered democracy and the progress of civilization with our self-appointed sense of supremacy and lack of accountability. Very interesting program, and Dyson’s eloquence is entertaining.
am infected.this man is infectious…his ideas,his eloquence,his passion, his candour.he grips you.am challenged and inspired,he’s embarrassed me by causing me to see how shallow a thinker l am!am gonna go back to school.am gona start reading seriously.am gonna stop messing around and start thinking!
Dyson definitely makes the life of the mind sexy. He a profound public intellectual who engage courageously with sharp thoughts and ideal that captivate, motivate, elevates and at the same time terminates ones thoughts thats narrow. Love the show and we need him there more often.