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Michael Eric Dyson: No Dreams Deferred?

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A Post-Racist Society, Not Post-Racial

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Michael Eric Dyson cites an AP poll that shows some white democrats will not vote for Barack Obama because he is black to refute claims that America is a post-racial society. He argues that post-racial would deny people their identity and that a post-racist society is a better aspiration.
Michael Eric Dyson Compares MLK to Rev. Wright

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Michael Eric Dyson says that the sermons Martin Luther King delivered in black churches had a very different tone than his published speeches more commonly remembered. He says that if King were alive today, he would be comparable to Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
Michael Eric Dyson Examines the 'I Have a Dream' Speech

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Michael Eric Dyson reflects on the famous "I Have a Dream" speech says MLK is often "celebrated for the end of that speech, but few people remember the beginning of that speech" that railed against specific injustices before he improvised the inspirational final words.
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Z Rushing

Posted: 02.17.10, 05:21 AM

After watching this video I don't understand Jon Irenicus & Logician comments. It seems that he can be "word rich" maybe one too many words for one concept but but "drivel", I don't think so. Please explain if you can Jon. Logician, what did he say against capitalism? He spoke to better understanding, combating poverty, and the responsibility of society to those that have less through the eyes of MLK Jr no less. Is that all it takes to stand as an "anti-capitalist"? If So count me in the ranks of the later.

Merwijk

Posted: 08.04.09, 04:18 AM

If that's true, it illuminates something about you, not about Dyson. It shows that you are not persuaded by content but by a speaker’s dialect. I think it testifies to strength of character to stand amongst any group, and speak in your own tongue, instead of trying to fit in by mirroring other people’s behavior. Also him speaking in Ebonics so eloquently, shows he is able to separate African American culture from the socio-economic situation a lot of African-Americans are in. Something you apparently can not.

clwright

Posted: 04.21.09, 01:25 AM

on the contrary...i think it makes him even more effective.

PetertheAwesome

Posted: 02.28.09, 09:52 PM

He's looking to reach a certain audience - if you don't like it, i'm gonna guess you're not part of that audience and he's just fine with that.

ClydeOnline

Posted: 11.25.08, 07:25 PM

Michael Eric Dyson needs to stop speaking "Ebonics." I think his usage of this speech makes him less persuasive.

Jon Irenicus

Posted: 11.21.08, 01:03 AM

I have never seen anyone able to use so many words to say so little. In that category, he is first class. As for the rest... the only word that comes to mind is, drivel.

Logician

Posted: 11.18.08, 02:34 PM

Dyson is a demagogue. Oh how so many use the anti-capitalist argument as a crutch to push their economically illiterate agenda. His postmodern sophistry is typical of contemporary "intellectuals."

psychologist3

Posted: 11.08.08, 12:40 AM

Barack won by 52%, larger margins than any Democrat since Johnson. The age of Racism is over. But the Age of Race Bating and the Race Industry has just begun.

parkflies

Posted: 10.20.08, 12:16 PM

Jack is nimble. It is unfortunate that our current media isn't formatted to effectively accommodate the likes of ME Dyson. Wether you agree or disagree, his argument runs long and deep.