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Finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.
New York Times bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson and critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau show how racial inequality permeates every facet of American society, through the lens of those pushing for meaningful change
The true story of racial inequality—and resistance to it—is the prologue to our present. You can see it in where we live, where we go to school, where we work, in our laws, and in our leadership. Unequal presents a gripping account of the struggles that shaped America and the insidiousness of racism, and demonstrates how inequality persists. As readers meet some of the many African American people who dared to fight for a more equal future, they will also discover a framework for addressing racial injustice in their own lives.
The true story of racial inequality-and resistance to it-is the
prologue to our present. You can see it in where we live, where we
go to school, where we work, in our laws, and in our leadership.
Unequal presents a gripping account of the struggles that shaped
America and the insidiousness of racism, and demonstrates how
inequality persists. As readers meet some of the many African
American people who dared to fight for a more equal future, they
will also discover a framework for addressing racial injustice in
their own lives.
At the age of nineteen, Nasir Nas" Jones began recording tracks for
his debut album,and changed the music world forever. Released in
1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has proven
one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history. With its
close attention to beats and lyricism, and riveting first-person
explorations of the isolation and desolation of urban poverty,
Illmatic was pivotal in the evolution of the genre. In Born to Use
Mics , Michael Eric Dyson and Sohail Daulatzai have brought
together renowned writers and critics including Mark Anthony Neal,
Marc Lamont Hill, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., and many others to confront
Illmatic song by song, with each scholar assessing an individual
track from the album. The result is a brilliant engagement with and
commentary upon one of the most incisive sets of songs ever laid
down on wax.
This research-based book focuses on the development and evolution
of the School for Student Leadership (SSL), an alternate and unique
residential school for year-nine students, operating in Victoria,
Australia. It traces the journey of the SSL, a state secondary
school, from a single campus in 2000, to its current three
campuses, with more to come in the future. The book documents the
key findings and insights from a university/school research
partnership spanning a 16-year period. Central themes running
throughout the book include the importance of social and emotional
development/competence to support and guide learning in
adolescence; the nature and value of adolescent leadership;
relationships and community as foci of middle-years education
together with what constitutes a modern 'rite of passage'. The book
explains how, in this particular alternate setting, deliberate
steps have been taken - and responsively changed over time - to
develop knowledge, skills and competencies, which enable the
building of meaningful and sustainable relationships and social and
emotional competence within the community. Many of the lessons
learned in this setting reveal the potential for transference into
mainstream educational settings, to enable all year-nine students
to receive the same opportunities to grow and develop as those who
have attended the SSL.
This research-based book focuses on the development and evolution
of the School for Student Leadership (SSL), an alternate and unique
residential school for year-nine students, operating in Victoria,
Australia. It traces the journey of the SSL, a state secondary
school, from a single campus in 2000, to its current three
campuses, with more to come in the future. The book documents the
key findings and insights from a university/school research
partnership spanning a 16-year period. Central themes running
throughout the book include the importance of social and emotional
development/competence to support and guide learning in
adolescence; the nature and value of adolescent leadership;
relationships and community as foci of middle-years education
together with what constitutes a modern 'rite of passage'. The book
explains how, in this particular alternate setting, deliberate
steps have been taken - and responsively changed over time - to
develop knowledge, skills and competencies, which enable the
building of meaningful and sustainable relationships and social and
emotional competence within the community. Many of the lessons
learned in this setting reveal the potential for transference into
mainstream educational settings, to enable all year-nine students
to receive the same opportunities to grow and develop as those who
have attended the SSL.
The extraordinary partnership of Barack Obama and Joe Biden is
unique in American history. The two men, their characters and
styles sharply contrasting, formed a dynamic working relationship
that evolved into a profound friendship. Their affinity was not
predestined. Obama and Biden began wary of each other: Obama an
impatient freshman disdainful of the Senate's plodding ways; Biden
a veteran of the chamber and proud of its traditions.Gradually they
came to respect each other's values and strengths and rode into the
White House together in 2008. Side-by-side through two
tension-filled terms, they shared the day-to-day joys and struggles
of leading the most powerful nation on earth. They accommodated
each other's quirks: Biden's famous miscues kept coming, and Obama
overlooked them knowing they were insignificant except as media
fodder. With his expertise in foreign affairs and legislative
matters, Biden took on an unprecedented role as chief adviser to
Obama, reshaping the vice presidency. Together Obama and Biden
guided Americans through a range of historic moments: a devastating
economic crisis, racial confrontations, war in Afghanistan, and the
dawn of same-sex marriage nationwide. They supported each other
through highs and lows: Obama provided a welcome shoulder during
the illness and death of Biden's son Beau.As many Americans turn a
nostalgic eye toward the Obama presidency, Barack and Joe offers a
new look at this administration, its absence of scandal, dedication
to truth, and respect for the media. This is the first book to tell
the full story of this historic relationship and its substantial
impact on the Obama presidency and its legacy.
With a new preface by the author. Ten years after his murder, Tupac
Shakur is even more loved, contested, and celebrated than he was in
life. His posthumously released albums, poetry, and motion pictures
have catapulted him into the upper echelon of American cultural
icons. In "Holler If You Hear Me," "hip-hop intellectual" Michael
Eric Dyson, acclaimed author of the bestselling "Is Bill Cosby
Right?," offers a wholly original way of looking at Tupac that will
thrill those who already love the artist and enlighten those who
want to understand him.
"Before I wanted to write the world, I sought to right it,"
declares Michael Eric Dyson. As one of America's most visible,
inspirational, and quotable public intellectuals, Dyson has weighed
in on a vast array of issues. In his books and newspaper articles,
over television and radio waves, and from podiums to pulpits, Dyson
has brought awareness and insight to questions of culture, race,
gender, and politics. Now, twenty years into his illustrious
career, Michael Eric Dyson offers his fans and admirers a
compendium of new and classic writing.
This book presents an alternative way of perceiving both formal
schooling and teacher education. It challenges the educational
community to examine the current practice of education and suggests
a transforming alternative. Using the methodology and writing style
of auto ethnography, the author has investigated an internship, in
which interns were given room to negotiate their role, make
mistakes, form relationships, and come to know the work of
teachers. They were encouraged to become thinkers and were nurtured
in their state of 'becoming' by mentors. As a result of this study
a new model of teacher education, known as 'The Transformism
model', is suggested. This involves the evolution of student
teachers from a 'me view' perception to a 'worldview' perception.
This model is not about training people to be teachers but is about
the education of teachers through the adoption of adult learning
and the incorporation of "Choice Theory," A new form of educational
politics and practice is proposed where people come together in
community; share their beliefs and knowledge, their likes and
dislikes, their differences and their similarities in openness and
with hope for a better world.
On April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m., while he was standing on a balcony
at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally
wounded. Only hours earlier King ended his final speech with the
words, I may not get there with you, but I want you to know
tonight, that we as a people will get to the Promised Land."
Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author Michael Eric
Dyson examines how King fought, and faced, his own death, and how
America can draw on his legacy in the twenty-first century. April
4, 1968 celebrates the leadership of Dr. King, and challenges
America to renew its commitment to his vision.
Beulah Land. Paradise. Shangri-la. Oklahoma seemed to be all of
these in the hostile, racist, post Civil War South. Seeking both
refuge and respect, pioneers such as Edward P. McCabe championed
the idea of Oklahoma as an all-Black state. And all-Black towns
proliferated there. Some sixty all-Black towns, along with Tulsa's
Greenwood District, bear witness to the deep creativity and
incredible human spirit of the people who built them.
Acclaimed for his writing on Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Tupac Shakur, and many more, Michael Eric Dyson has emerged as the
leading African-American intellectual of his generation. This
collection gathers the best of Dyson's vast and growing body of
work from the last several years: his most incisive commentary, the
most stirring passages, and the sharpest, most probing and
broadminded critical analyses. From Michael Jordan to the role of
religion in public life, from Toni Morrison to patriotism in the
wake of 9/11, the mastery and ease with which Dyson tackles just
about any subject of relevance to black America today is without
parallel.
Whether along race, class, or generational lines, hip-hop music has
been a source of controversy since the beats got too big and the
voices too loud for the block parties that spawned them. America
has condemned and commended this music and the culture that
inspires it. Dubbed "the Hip-Hop Intellectual" by critics and fans
for his pioneering explorations of rap music in the academy and
beyond, Michael Eric Dyson tackles the most compelling and
controversial dimensions of hip-hop culture.
"Know What I Mean?" addresses the creative expression of
degraded youth; the vexed gender relations that have made rap music
a lightning rod for pundits; the commercial explosion that has made
an art form a victim of its success; and the political elements
that have been submerged in the most popular form of hip hops.
This book covers the fundamentals of drilling and reservoir
appraisal for petroleum. Split into three sections, the first looks
at the basic principles of well engineering in terms of planning,
design and construction. It then goes on to describe well safety,
costs and operations management. The second section is focussed on
drilling and core analysis, and the laboratory measurement of the
physico-chemical properties of samples. It is clear that efficient
development of hydrocarbon reservoirs is highly dependent on
understanding these key properties, and the data can only be
gathered through a carefully conducted core-analysis program, as
described. Finally, in the third section we look at production
logging, an essential part of reservoir appraisal, which describes
the nature and the behaviour of fluids in or around the borehole.
It describes how to know, at a given time, phase by phase, and zone
by zone, how much fluid is coming out of or going into the
formation.As part of the Imperial College Lectures in Petroleum
Engineering, and based on a lecture series on the same topic,
Drilling and Reservoir Appraisal provides the introductory
information needed for students of the earth sciences, petroleum
engineering, engineering and geoscience.
When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,
hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of
destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of these people
were black nearly all were poor. The Federal government's slow
response to local appeals for help is by now notorious. Yet despite
the cries of outrage that have mounted since the levees broke, we
have failed to confront the disaster's true lesson: to be poor, or
black, in today's ownership society, is to be left behind.
Displaying the intellectual rigor, political passion, and personal
empathy that have won him acclaim and fans all across the colour
line, Michael Eric Dyson offers a searing assessment of the meaning
of Hurricane Katrina. Combining interviews with survivors of the
disaster with his deep knowledge of black migrations and government
policy over decades, Dyson provides the historical context that has
been sorely missing from public conversation. He explores the
legacy of black suffering in America since slavery and ties its
psychic scars to today's crisis. And, finally, his critique of the
way black people are framed in the national consciousness will
shock and surprise even the most politically savvy reader. With
this clarion call Dyson warns us that we can only find redemption
as a society if we acknowledge that Katrina was more than an
engineering or emergency response failure. From the TV newsroom to
the Capitol Building to the backyard, we must change the way we
relate to the black and the poor among us. What's at stake is no
less than the future of democracy.
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.
Michael Eric Dyson took America by storm with this provocative
expose of the class and generational divide that is tearing black
America apart. Nothing exposed the class and generational divide in
black America more starkly than Bill Cosby's now-infamous assault
on the black poor when he received an NAACP award in the spring of
2004. The comedian-cum-social critic lamented the lack of
parenting, poor academic performance, sexual promiscuity, and
criminal behaviour among what he called the knuckleheads" of the
African-American community. Even more surprising than his comments,
however, was the fact that his audience laughed and applauded.
best-selling writer, preacher, and scholar Michael Eric Dyson uses
the Cosby brouhaha as a window on a growing cultural divide within
the African-American community. According to Dyson, the
Afristocracy",lawyers, physicians, intellectuals, bankers, civil
rights leaders, entertainers, and other professionals,looks with
disdain upon the black poor who make up the Ghettocracy",single
mothers on welfare, the married, single, and working poor, the
incarcerated, and a battalion of impoverished children. Dyson
explains why the black middle class has joined mainstream America
to blame the poor for their troubles, rather than tackling the
systemic injustices that shape their lives. He exposes the flawed
logic of Cosby's diatribe and offers a principled defence of the
wrongly maligned black citizens at the bottom of the social totem
pole. Displaying the critical prowess that has made him the
nation's preeminent spokesman for the hip-hop generation, Dyson
challenges us all,black and white,to confront the social problems
that the civil rights movement failed to solve.
The best-selling Motown artist of all time, Marvin Gaye defined the
hopes and shattered dreams of an entire generation. Twenty years
after his tragic death-he was shot by his father-his relevance
persists because of the indelible mark his outsized talent left on
American culture. A transcendent performer whose career spanned the
history of rhythm and blues, from doo-wop to the sultriest of soul
music, Gaye's artistic scope and emotional range set the soundtrack
for America's tumultuous coming of age in the 1970s. Michael Eric
Dyson's searching narrative illuminates Marvin Gaye's stellar
ascendance-from a black church in Washington, D.C., to the artistic
peak of What's Going On?-and charts his sobering personal decline.
Dyson draws from interviews with those closest to Gaye to paint an
intimate portrait of the tensions and themes that shaped
contemporary urban America: racism, drug abuse, economic adversity,
and the long legacy of hardship. Gaye's stormy relationships with
women, including duet partner Tammi Terrell and wives Anna Gordy
and Janis Hunter, are examined in light of the sexual revolution of
the 1960s and 1970s. Dyson also considers family violence in the
larger context of the African-American life and how that
heartbreaking legacy resulted in Gaye's murder. Mercy, Mercy, Me is
an unforgettable portrait of a beloved black genius whose art is
reflected in the dynamism of contemporary urban America.
In this open love letter to black women everywhere, Michael Eric
Dyson celebrates the strength and beauty of African-American women.
From Miss James, his grammar school teacher, to Linda Johnson Rice,
who heads the communications empire that publishes Ebony and Jet;
from Toni Morrison, whose novels inspired him, as a young welfare
dad, to Debbie Bethea, the housecleaner whose labors remind him of
his mother in Detroit; from civil rights widow Myrlie
Evers-Williams to activist and scholar Angela Davis-and many
more-the women in Dyson's pantheon inspire us to remember, "When we
love black women, we love ourselves, and the God who made us."
Here, collected for the first time, are interviews and essays
representing Michael Eric Dyson's most important thinking on race
and identity. Exploring such topics as "whiteness" as seen through
a black man's eye, modernism and postmodernism in black culture,
and the emancipating role of black music from the plantation to the
ghetto, Open Mike is a perfect introduction to Dyson's work and a
must-have for students and scholars in African American Studies and
Cultural Studies.
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