So what can be done?
“Beloved,” says Dyson, the first step is to wake up to the advantages of being White, realize the wrongness of it, and admit it. Demand justice for injustices. And be open and willing to be R.E.S.P.O.N.S.I.V.E.
Got a comfortable chair to relax in? If not, then get one. “Tears We Cannot Stop” is going to keep you there.
Yes, there’s controversy in what Dyson states, but it will also open a lot of eyes. To get readers there, Dyson chides as deftly as he uses outrage and sorrow, but his point never wavers: we will not fix this country until we get to the root of racism and that must start with the education of, and mind-set-change within, White America. He offers ideas here on how that can happen, as well as musings on cultural assimilation, racial epithets and the re-writing of history.
(“Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America” by Michael Eric Dyson, c.2017, St. Martin’s Press, $24.99/$34.99 Canada, 228 pages.)
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