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• Michael Joseph Jackson's genius was the ability to be the raw article himself - the real article himself. He is part of the African American people who were marginalized.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Real, People, African American

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think the reality is Michael Jackson's humanity is so deep, the implications and inferences of his art so monumentally and magnificently global, that nothing American television could do to besmirch his character could ever, if you will, deny the legitimate genius that he represents and America has responded, as indeed has the globe.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Art, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think that Michael Jackson, just as an entertainer, as a figure who embodies the contradictions of Black identity, and the possibilities of R&B music in the '70s and '80s will continue to be one of the most recognized and formidable human beings that we've ever produced in our tradition.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Thinking, Black, Identity

  "Georgetown University professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. June 30, 2009.

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• Ralph Ellison is a classic work of erudition, grace, and elegance. Rampersad offers us an Ellison whose gifts and warts orbit the same universe of creative genius. Like Ellison's work, Rampersad's text wrestles eloquently with difficult truths about race, politics, and American life.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Race, Creative, Orbit

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• I think there's no question that Michael Jackson was the foremost entertainer of his generation; perhaps of all time, arguably, taking the skills of a Sammy Davis, Jr., bringing together the street dance of African American urban culture, joining them to the politics of dance, of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly on that sphere alone.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Thinking, Skills, African American

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 30, 2009.

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• Michael Jackson carried urban America and eventually American society on his vocal cords for a good 25 to 30 years before even hip-hop became the vox populi of America, and then as an adult he shattered racial barriers.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  America, Years, Hip Hop

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how race and class interact that made the situation for the poor so horrible on the Gulf Coast. The rigid caste system that punishes poor blacks and other minorities also targets poor whites.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Mean, Reality, Race

  "Come Hell or High Water". Book by Michael Eric Dyson, www.today.com. 2006.

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• Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  African American, Debate, Term

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Book, Rights, White

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• I grew up in Detroit. I was a teen father. I lived on welfare for three years. I have a brother serving life in prison, though I believe he's innocent.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Brother, Father, Believe

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• There are many Americans who regardless of the intelligence or the profound political persuasion of a figure will never vote for a black man. Not all of them are racists; some are skeptical, and some are suspicious.

  Michael Eric Dyson

  Men, Profound, Political

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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