Debating Race with Michael Eric Dyson

by Dyson, Michael Eric

• ISBN13: 9780465002061
• ISBN10: 0465002064
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-13
• Publisher: Civitas Books

Summary

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 Racecollects 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, andDebating Racegives 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 inDebating Raceto touch a nerve in all of us.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

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