On the Did you know Segment… Sunni and Lisa discuss the most recent rally featuring none other than the Proud Boys, you know, Trump’s boys, “Stand down and Stand by”. According to the Washington Post, the Proud Boys showed up and wreaked havoc in the Nation’s Capital! The Proud Boys incited chaos leading to property damage and physical altercations, there were multiple stabbing victims, at least 23 arrests…the list of mayhem is longer! To be fair, there were also counter protesters in attendance. (That’s all I’ll say about that).
On this episode of Active Allyship…it’s more than a #hashtag! Sunni and Lisa discuss Lisa’s interview with Michael Eric Dyson! Yes! None other than the legendary professor, actor and author of Twenty-Three books.
Just as all guests on the show are asked, he too was asked, what were you marinated in? Michael Eric Dyson shares highlights of his upbringing in Detroit. He was marinated in love and self-respect, born from a black womb. (Trust me, you’ll want to hear with your own ears!)
Michael Eric Dyson shares his passion for black excellence and his love for everyone, no matter their color. His latest book "Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America" is set-up beautifully with letters to a number of innocent people of color who were murdered in America. Those letters were crafted to the likes of Emmett Till, Elijah McCain, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland. Dyson shares his thoughts on what it means to be a martyr. He also shares his thoughts on cancel culture, pretty much, it doesn’t deliver what it promises. Provocative and enlightening are a few of the words that come to mind for his efforts in creating this phenomenal book!
Here’s a very fitting, timely and brilliant quote from Dyson, “The next white allies are not easily dissuaded from the task at hand, their feelings not easily hurt, their determination to help is not easily derailed and their desire to make progress towards racial justice is not easily discouraged.” ~ Michael Eric Dyson
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