10 Things We Learned From Michael Eric Dyson On The Breakfast Club
Michael Eric Dyson is that man you need to listen to. Not only because of his keen intellect on sociology and history but because he’s also extremely entertaining and well versed in the culture.
With his next book Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon To White America having dropped, the Georgetown University professor of Sociology stopped by the Breakfast Club to build with the morning trio about Black celebrities meeting with Trump and the one condition he wouldn’t have a problem with it, why he thinks Trump got 13% of the Black vote, and why he dedicated his book to Beyoncé, Solange, and Tina Knowles.
Here are the 10 things we learned from Michael Eric Dyson on The Breakfast Club.
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1. Donald Trump Meeting With Black Celebrities
Mr. Dyson feels Donald Trump is trying to avoid Black politicians out of fear of being held accountable of his promises so he’ll just meet with “Negro entertainers and ball players and figures who are famous” to avoid dealing with the actual issues of Black America that real social justice warriors would bring to the table.
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2. Accept An Invite From Donald If…
Michael said if Donald Trump invites you to go to the White House you should go – if you’re going to speak the truth to him and not kiss the ring.
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3. First Impressions
Donald Trump once came face-to-face with Mr. Dyson and called him out for making fun of him but then praised his intelligence and asked him to take a picture with him. Michael did but did so in the cut where no one could see them together.
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4. 13%
He feels that the 13% of Black men who voted for Trump did so out of patriarchy and the “inability to see a woman in control.”
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5. Never Too Old To Learn
Even at 58-years-old the man admits he’s still learning new things about Black history such as the women who inspired the hit movie Hidden Figures.
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6. Martin Luther King Jr.
According to Michael Dyson, Martin Luther King Jr. was making $200K in 1963 and gave most of it to the movement and only kept $6,000 for himself and his wife. Even still he had to borrow money from his father to pay his taxes.
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7. Obama’s Presidency
He feels that the racial hate behind Obama’s Presidency is what led to the “greatest resurgence of racism in the last 50 years.”
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8. Get Over It
He feels Black people should get over their own prejudice and bias – such as homophobia – and get together with white people and say we’re opposed to what’s going on.
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9. Malcolm X
Though he admire’s Malcolm X he did have an issue with X calling Martin Luther King an “Uncle Tom” when Malcolm was preaching in Harlem while MLK was fighting for Civil Rights in Birmingham.
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10. Beyoncé
Even though he feels that Beyoncé done snatched Michael Jackson’s crown as the greatest entertainer of all-time, that isn’t why he dedicated his book to her and her fam. Mr. Dyson chose to dedicate his book to Beyoncé, Solange & Tina Knowles because they’re a “trio of transformative women” who constantly show “their commitment to our people, their commitment to our world, their humanitarian and entrepreneur efforts, and their fundamental gut bucket love unapologetically for the people from whose wombs they emerged.” We couldn’t have said it any better.
