My ambition didn't grow out of nowhere. It was planted in me by a community that nurtured me. Michael Eric Dyson ambitioncommunitygrow Change image and share on social
In our high-tech, high-skilled economy where low-skilled work is being scaled back, phased out, exported, or severely under-compensated, all the right behavior in the world won't create better jobs with more pay. Michael Eric Dyson backbehaviorcompensate share on social
I went to a segregated school; I was born a Negro, not a black man. Michael Eric Dyson bearblackman Change image and share on social
Hip-hop is about the brilliance of pavement poetry. Michael Eric Dyson brilliancehiphop Change image and share on social
Hip-hop has globalized a conception of blackness that has had a political impact, whether or not it had a political intent. Michael Eric Dyson blacknessconceptionglobalize Change image and share on social
Race was thick in the O.J. Simpson case from the very beginning, but it wasn't evident. And I think the O.J. Simpson case revealed that there is subtle race, and there is sophisticated race, and there's evident and observable race. Michael Eric Dyson begincaseevident share on social
I didn't get to college until my 20s, because I was a young father on welfare and had to take all kind of jobs to support my young son. There's what frames my view on the topics I discuss on my shows, and the average person relates to that. No matter how many degrees I have now, I lived that life, and that comes through to the people watching. Michael Eric Dyson 20saveragecollege share on social
In the minds of many Americans, if you are a radical Democrat or a Socialist, you are automatically a Communist. And if you are a Communist, then therefore you are an anti-American person and a person who is not a patriot. But nothing is further from the truth. Michael Eric Dyson americanantiautomatically share on social
There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House. Michael Eric Dyson bookbystandercall share on social
I think the O.J. Simpson case conjured all the paranoia, the racial anxiety, but also the racial fatigue that America has endured over the last half century. Michael Eric Dyson americaanxietycase Change image and share on social