Debating race with Michael Eric Dyson

Title:

Debating race with Michael Eric Dyson / Michael Eric Dyson.

Personal Author:

Dyson, Michael Eric.

Call Number:

305.896 D998.2

ISBN:

9780465002061

Publication Information:

New York : Basic Civitas Books, 2007.

Physical Description:

xvii, 412 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Introduction / Movin' on up? Segregation, integration, and assimilation / Greatest American ever: the radical, and human, Martin Luther King, Jr. / Too little thought, too little action? Black leaders and intellectuals / Myths, distortion, and history: affirmative action / Rainbow collision? Black, white, and brown / Membership has its privileges: coloring white identities / Mexicans are coming: immigration and the borders of fear / I say yo, you say Oy: blacks, Jews, and love / Can we all get along? Racial friction and the beloved community / Homelands, homegirls, and homefronts: the politics of black love / Where is the love? Condoleezza Rice and black folk / General principles: Colin Powell's compassionate conservatism / Dying for attention: gun obsession and American violence

Million heirs: marching toward manhood / In his own hands: black male intensity and Latrell Sprewell's American dream / Is Dave Chappelle crazy? The price of fame and the paranoid style / Empire keeps track: 9/11, race, and religion / Who's to blame? Victims, survivors, and agents in Hurrican Katrina / Humor in the hurt: politically incorrect reflections on Hurricane Katrina / Sorry seems to be the hardest word: apologies and reparations for slavery / Still some juice left: O.J. ten years later / Weapons of mass seduction: the War in Iraq and inside US / Bill Paid: philanthropy or social justice? / ResponsiBillity: Cosby's conservative turn / Shock (jock) therapy? Bills of right / Poor excuse: Cosby and the politics of disgust

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Social conditions.

African Americans -- Race identity.

Minorities -- United States.

Equality -- United States

Group identity -- United States.

Multiculturalism -- United States.

Cultural pluralism -- United States

Social justice -- United States.

Race awareness -- United States.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Race relations.

United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.

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Whether chronicling the class conflict in the African-American community or exposing the failings of the government response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Michael Eric Dyson has never shied away from controversy. No stranger to intellectual combat, Dyson has always been ready to engage friends and foes alike in open conversation about the issues that matter. Debating Race collects many of Dyson's most memorable encounters and most poignant arguments. Dyson shows that he is as eloquent off the cuff as he is on the book page, and Debating Race gives readers a front row seat as he spars with politicians, pundits, and public intellectuals. From John Kerry and John McCain to Ann Coulter and the hosts of television's "The View"-Dyson shows the mental agility and rhetorical tenacity that have made him one of America's most astute intellectuals, and with topics ranging from civil rights, the legacy of the O.J. Simpson trial, and the authenticity of Colin Powell there is something in Debating Race to touch a nerve in all of us.

Author Notes

Michael Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential black Americans, is the author of sixteen books, including Holler if You Hear Me, Is Bill Cosby Right? and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He is currently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Having already risen from poverty to become an ordained minister, a tenured professor at Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of more than a dozen books (most recently Come Hell or High Water and Is Bill Cosby Right?), Dyson here cements his place as one of the most important voices on race in America today. Collecting 27 transcribed conversations involving an impressive list of thinkers--including scholars (Gary Orfield, Cornel West), politicians (John McCain, John Kerry) and pop-political commentators (Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher)--Dyson and company tackle practically every angle in America's experience of race, including the legacy of the civil rights movement, immigration reform, affirmative action, urban poverty and the war on terror. Throughout, Dyson proves as comfortable and incisive considering the scholarship of Foucault and Weber as he is examining the work of Tupac Shakur and N.W.A. Though his interlocutors run the gamut from sympathetic fellow travelers (Jesse Jackson, Tavis Smiley) to ideological adversaries (Dennis Miller, Ann Coulter), Dyson upholds a commitment to open, empathetic and intelligent dialogue, a rare treat in today's hyperpartisan, invective-heavy media. No matter what one's personal take, the quality and clarity of Dyson's ideas--and his dedication to the full and free expression of all viewpoints--makes this perhaps the best introduction to the current state of race in American society. (Feb.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

Imani PerryMara Tapp and Gary Orfield and Arturo VargasTavis Smiley and Taylor BranchJesse JacksonWard ConnerlyMara Tapp and Angelo FalconRay Suarez and David Roediger and Peggy McIntosh and Anna MeigsMaria Hinojosa and Henry Cisneros and Macarena Hernandez and D. A. King and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez and Richard Langlois and Lee TeranElliot A. RatzmanMarianne WilliamsonCornel WestMeredith Vieira and Star Jones and Joy Behar and Kathy Lee GiffordJuan WilliamsBill Press and Mary Matalin and Michael MedvedJohn McCain and John KerryLiane Hansen and Joe KleinRay Suarez and Len ElmoreKeith MurphyJeremy EarpLynn Neary and Juan WilliamsStephen ColbertBobbie Battista and David HorowitzOfra BikelBill Maher and Ann Coulter and Dennis MillerDebra DickersonTed Koppel and Shelby SteeleBill O'ReillyDamian Bruce

Preface: A Taste for Talk	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Part 1 Civil Rights
1 Movin' on Up? Segregation, Integration, and Assimilation	p. 3
2 The Greatest American Ever: The Radical, and Human, Martin Luther King, Jr.	p. 25
3 Too Little Thought, Too Little Action? Black Leaders and Intellectuals	p. 39
4 Myths, Distortions, and History: Affirmative Action	p. 61
Part II Ethnicity
5 Rainbow Collision? Black, White, and Brown	p. 93
6 Membership Has Its Privileges: Coloring White Identities	p. 115
7 The Mexicans Are Coming: Immigration and the Borders of Fear	p. 129
Part III Conflicting Loves
8 I say Yo, You Say Oy: Blacks, Jews, and Love	p. 155
9 Can We All Get Along? Racial Friction and the Beloved Community	p. 175
10 Homelands, Homegirls, and Homefronts: The Politics of Black Love	p. 195
11 Where Is the Love? Condoleezza Rice and Black Folk	p. 209
12 General Principles: Colin Powell's Compassionate Conservatism	p. 215
Part IV Youth and Violence
13 Dying for Attention: Gun Obsession and American Violence	p. 221
14 The Stakes Are High: Violence, Hip-Hop, and the United States Senate	p. 231
Part V Black Masculinity
15 Million Heirs: Marching Toward Manhood	p. 245
16 In His Own Hands: Black Male Intensity and Latrell Sprewell's American Dream	p. 251
17 Is Dave Chappelle Crazy? The Price of Fame and the Paranoid Style	p. 269
Part VI Catastrophes
18 The Empire Keeps Track: 9/11, Race, and Religion	p. 281
19 Who's to Blame? Victims, Survivors, and Agents in Hurricane Katrina	p. 295
20 The Humor in the Hurt: Politically Incorrect Reflections on Hurricane Katrina	p. 309
21 Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word: Apologies and Reparations for Slavery	p. 315
22 Still Some Juice Left: O. J. Ten Years Later	p. 327
23 Weapons of Mass Seduction: The War in Iraq and Inside US	p. 339
Part VII Anatomy of a Conflict: Why Bill Cosby is Still Wrong
24 Bill Paid: Philanthropy or Social Justice?	p. 357
25 ResponsiBillity: Cosby's Conservative Turn	p. 381
26 Shock (Jock) Therapy? Bills of Right	p. 387
27 Poor Excuse: Cosby and the Politics of Disgust	p. 391
Acknowledgments	p. 409

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