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Chargement... What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in Americapar Michael Eric Dyson
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  pollycallahan | Jul 1, 2023 |   From here, Dyson looks at the women and men who have carried Baldwin's fiery torch forward, acknowledging the contributions from activists to artists. Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte, Lorraine Hansberry, Jay-Z, Beyonce, Colin K., Lebron, President Obama, and others all receive analysis for their efforts to talk about and act on racial concerns. Likewise, "Black Panther" and "Hamilton" are highlighted for their game changing gifts to the zeitgeist of popular culture, creating landscapes where being black and in a position of power are seen as the norm, not the exception. Dyson also wrestles with those who see the racial landscape differently than he, particularly Cornel West. The book serves as more of a collection of viewpoints, through the lens of a variety of leaders - both political and cultural - than it is a singular summation. We're reminded we have a long way to go in how we create an equal playing field, and that our collective humanity has taken a palpable hit since 2016. But we're also reminded that there are voices out there speaking loudly - speaking truth to power and justice to injustice. We simply have to be willing to listen, heed, and act. Dyson's passionate plea to do so will hopefully open up a fresh awareness of the opportunities we have at this moment, a seminal time in American history where we will have to learn how to uplift one another and move forward together, or perish because of our refusal to do so. James Baldwin's efforts have never been more relevant, and Dyson reminds us of that. (  ) TommyHousworth | Feb 5, 2022 | In his book What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America, political analyst and scholar Michael Eric Dyson uses this meeting to begin a searing and passionate analysis of race relations right up to the present. He looks at artists, actors, musicians, academics, activists, and political figures since this historic meeting including Barack Obama, what he accomplished and what he didn't. He makes it clear that the 1963 meeting opened an important conversation about what truth sounds like and it needs to be reopened if the country is ever to move forward past the trauma caused to the nation by America's original sin, slavery. Thanks to Netgalley and St Martin's Press for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review (  ) lostinalibrary | Oct 20, 2019 | The author begins by describing the meeting between RFK, James Baldwin, and many other prominent black artists and intellectuals in 1963. RFK was looking for validation but heard the deep pain and anguish regarding the condition of black people in America. At the time RFK did not truly hear it; as time went on it seemed he internalized some of what he learned. The author spends the rest of the book describing various aspects of the interaction to show how the conversation about race in America is in many ways still at that same point as it was in 1963. Politicians want credit for what has improved but do not want to see how things really are. The author spends time discussing Cornel West and his interactions with Te-Nehisi Coates and Presidents Clinton and Obama in sharply critical ways. He goes into detail about Muhammad Ali and what he represented. The final part of the book is devoted to Black Panther and its value for the black community. A powerful and gripping read for those willing to dig into the issue. **--galley received as part of early review program ( ) deusvitae | Jun 27, 2018 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML: This program is read by the author. What Truth Sounds Like is a timely exploration of America's tortured racial politics that continues the conversation from Michael Eric Dyson's New York Times bestseller Tears We Cannot Stop. President Barack Obama: "Everybody who speaks after Michael Eric Dyson pales in comparison." In 2015 BLM activist Julius Jones confronted Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton with an urgent query: "What in your heart has changed that's going to change the direction of this country?" "I don't believe you just change hearts," she protested. "I believe you change laws." The fraught conflict between conscience and politics – between morality and power – in addressing race hardly began with Clinton. An electrifying and traumatic encounter in the sixties crystallized these furious disputes. In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and a valiant activist, Jerome Smith. It was Smith's relentless, unfiltered fury that set Kennedy on his heels, reducing him to sullen silence. Kennedy walked away from the nearly three-hour meeting angry – that the black folk assembled didn't understand politics, and that they weren't as easy to talk to as Martin Luther King. But especially that they were more interested in witness than policy. But Kennedy's anger quickly gave way to empathy, especially for Smith. "I guess if I were in his shoes...I might feel differently about this country." Kennedy set about changing policy – the meeting having transformed his thinking in fundamental ways. There was more: every big argument about race that persists to this day got a hearing in that room. Smith declaring that he'd never fight for his country given its racist tendencies, and Kennedy being appalled at such lack of patriotism, tracks the disdain for black dissent in our own time. His belief that black folk were ungrateful for the Kennedys' efforts to make things better shows up in our day as the charge that black folk wallow in the politics of ingratitude and victimhood. The contributions of black queer folk to racial progress still cause a stir. BLM has been accused of harboring a covert queer agenda. The immigrant experience, like that of Kennedy – versus the racial experience of Baldwin – is a cudgel to excoriate black folk for lacking hustle and ingenuity. The questioning of whether folk who are interracially partnered can authentically communicate black interests persists. And we grapple still with the responsibility of black intellectuals and artists to bring about social change. What Truth Sounds Like exists at the tense intersection of the conflict between politics and prophecy – of whether we embrace political resolution or moral redemption to fix our fractured racial landscape. The future of race and democracy hang in the balance. More praise for What Truth Sounds Like: "Dyson's passion for the rich African-American cultural tapestry reverberates in this audiobook." — AudioFile Magazine "What Truth Sounds Like is a tour de force of intellectual history and cultural analysis, a poetically written work that calls on all of us to get back in that room and to resolve the racial crises we confronted more than fifty years ago." —Harry Belafonte .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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p 10 "We are in dire need of more talk, more insight, more wisdom and yes, more productive conflict..."