Michael Dyson Quotes


I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was heterosexist in the sense that it took the heterosexual orientation as the norm from which to start as the given. And everything that fell outside of that was not acceptable.


Citations

Dyson, Michael Eric. Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson. Basic Civitas Books, 2009, p. 68.

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Michael Dyson
Michael Dyson
  • Born: October 23, 1958
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author, Professor

Michael Eric Dyson is an American academic, author, and radio host. He is a professor of Sociology at Georgetown University. Described by Michael A. Fletcher as "a Princeton Ph.D. and a child of the streets who takes pains never to separate the two", Dyson has authored or edited 18 books dealing with subjects such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Marvin Gaye, Nas's debut album Illmatic, Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Hurricane Katrina.