Entertaining Race

Performing Blackness in America

By: Michael Eric Dyson

Narrated by: Michael Eric Dyson

This program is read by the author.

From the New York Times best-selling author of Tears We Cannot Stop comes Michael Eric Dyson's Entertaining Race.

For more than 30 years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. He has presented a rich and resourceful set of ideas about American history and culture. Now for the first time he brings together the various components of his multihued identity and eclectic pursuits.

Entertaining Race is a testament to Dyson’s consistent celebration of the outsized impact of African American culture and politics on this country. Black people were forced to entertain white people in slavery, have been forced to entertain the idea of race from the start, and must find entertaining ways to make race an object of national conversation. Dyson’s career embodies these and other ways of performing Blackness, and in these chapters, ranging from 1991 to the present, he entertains race with his pen, voice and body, and occasionally, alongside luminaries like Cornel West, David Blight, Ibram X. Kendi, Master P, MC Lyte, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alicia Garza, John McWhorter, and Jordan Peterson.

Most of this work will be new to readers, a fresh light for many of his long-time fans and an inspiring introduction for newcomers. Entertaining Race offers a compelling vision from the mind and heart of one of America’s most important and enduring voices.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

"Entertaining Race is a splendid way to spend quality time reading one of the most remarkable thinkers in America today." (Speaker Nancy Pelosi)

"To read Entertaining Race is to encounter the life-long vocation of a teacher who preaches, a preacher who teaches and an activist who cannot rest until all are set free." (Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock)

©2021 Michael Eric Dyson (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Entertaining Race by Michael Eric Dyson

This is an excellent book! The narration made the book come alive! I loved the book and all the knowledge gained!

Amazing!!!

This brother who just happens to epitomizes what an intellectual should be about. His grittiness and down to earth swag makes it possible for anyone desirous of the truth to know that truth. I have been on a crusade to read everything he has ever written. I don’t agree with every word but every word provides an opportunity for a new way of thinking. I am on to the next one.

Clarity of truth!

Dr. Dyson's unwavering depiction of reality remains a constant reminder of the necessary pursuit of justice and truth in America!

Powerful

I've been a fan for many years so thank you for all of your enlightenment ✊🏿 I got to see you live at Men of Color just a few months ago.

Michael Eric Dyson speaks the truth!

He is straightforward and righteous in his view about what we are facing in this country. He talks about religion, art, music, history, and other social issues affecting all Americans, especially the Black community. Very enlightening and a great resource for anyone who does not know that race has mattered. Michael Eric Dyson is a great orator that demands your attention to all he speaks on. He presents the facts and includes many others that came before and now that we all need to listen to. Thoughtworthy and very enlightening. Highly recommended to all that want to know the truth.