That kind of peer learning, that peer teaching, that peer evaluation, and then administration of insight.
Michael Eric DysonHip hop music is important precisely because it sheds light on contemporary politics, history, and race. At its best, hip hop gives voice to marginal black youth we are not used to hearing from on such topics.
Michael Eric DysonThere is not a history of black intellectuals being allied with dominant forces to hold white people in social and cultural subordination for a few centuries. Second, the "our" of black folk has always been far more inclusive that the "our" of white folk. For instance, there would have hardly been a need for "black" churches if "white" churches had meant their "our" for everybody - and not just white folk. But "our" black churches have always been open to all who would join. The same with white society at every level.
Michael Eric DysonMy church is the world! I want to bring the gospel to as broad and as interesting an audience as possible.
Michael Eric DysonI believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it myself.
Michael Eric DysonTo challenge norms, presuppositions, practices in communities across this country - where the unconscious valorization and celebration of whiteness and conscious resistance to trying to grapple with black and brown and other peoples of color's ideas and identities - makes a huge difference.
Michael Eric Dyson