As a former welfare father who is also an ordained Baptist minister and a Princeton Ph.D., Michael Eric Dyson is one of those rare intellectuals who act not only as interpreters between black and white America but as bridges between the academy and the street. In this brave, bracing, and vastly readable book, he identifies the hidden rules that govern interactions between the races and within black communities, poisoning our language, our politics, and our thinking.
From the O. J. Simpson trial to the generational politics of gangsta rap, and from Colin Powell to Louis Farrakhan, Dyson takes on the most contentious issues of the 1990s. Again and again he shows us that, in a society that prides itself on being color-blind, race is more important—and more pernicious—than ever. Filled with eloquence and erudition, wit and moral common sense, Race Rules is an invaluable guide to the America we really live in as well as a redemptive vision of the one we want for our children.
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"Eric Dyson is one of my favorite authors and I have picked up a few of his books. While this is the latest I have read, because I picked it up in 2019 the topics are outdated but still very interesting to hear about. Not my favorite out of his work but still very worth a read. " — Calvin (4 out of 5 stars)
"Eric Dyson is one of my favorite authors and I have picked up a few of his books. While this is the latest I have read, because I picked it up in 2019 the topics are outdated but still very interesting to hear about. Not my favorite out of his work but still very worth a read. "
“Mr. Dyson has mapped out some valuable coordinates for the course the nation continues to steer.”
“You couldn’t ask for a fairer-minded, better-informed, or more enjoyable guide.”
“Dyson’s insightful analysis comes to life on topics ranging from hip-hop culture to black leadership.”
" Awesome book. Highly informative. "
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Michael Eric Dyson is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books, a widely celebrated professor, a prominent public intellectual, an ordained Baptist minister, and a noted political analyst. He has twice won the NAACP Image Award winner and won the American Book Award for Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. His book The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. He is also a highly sought-after public speaker. He is the recipient of the 2020 Langston Hughes Festival Medallion, and Ebony magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential African Americans and one of the 150 most powerful Black people in the nation. Follow him on Twitter @michaeledyson and on his official Facebook page (facebook.com/michaelericdyson).
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