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Michael Eric Dyson
University Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University; Author, Tears We Cannot Stop: Sermon to White America
Michael Eric Dyson is a university professor of sociology at Georgetown University, writer, speaker, and political analyst. An ordained Baptist minister, he is a New York Times contributing opinion writer and a contributing editor of The New Republic and of ESPN’s The Undefeated website. Dyson previously taught at universities including Brown, UNC Chapel Hill, Columbia, DePaul, and University of Pennsylvania. The author of the New York Times best-seller, Tears We Cannot Stop: Sermon to White America, Dyson has written over 20 books on race, race relations, and figures including Malcolm X, Barack Obama, and Jay Z. The recipient of two NAACP Image Awards, he has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, National Public Radio, and HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
Previously
![This Moment: Fighting Racial Oppression in America](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null9320e5da-2900-4c87-a8a9-254a708a1e3d/AspenIdeasFestival-episode5.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=50%2C0%2C2868%2C1613&w=400)
Following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, citizens around the globe are protesting against racial oppression and police violence. “There’s a sens...
![The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/7e1a3880-7ca5-47ca-822b-ba141134ccaf/27757900170_dd3d8b3128_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C4000%2C2249&w=400)
As Michael Eric Dyson notes in the introduction to his 2016 book, “[President] Obama provoked great hope and fear about what a black presidency might mean to our democracy. Wh...
![America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullcdc8cd23-ebea-4962-8e6a-28bd2a05a8aa/27947361311_91e97a02f6_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C0%2C1600%2C900&w=400)
America's problem with race has deep roots. With the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another, racism is truly...
![The Obama Legacy](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/null00df226a-6478-4261-9a57-e28e235e2a4b/27389172373_74973a8e91_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=225&q=80&rect=0%2C89%2C1600%2C901&w=400)
As the historic presidency of Barack Obama comes to a close, we consider how the future will view his leadership. Will economic recovery and health care victories at home be o...