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{{Short description|2017 non-fiction book by Michael Eric Dyson}}
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'''''Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America''''' is a 2017 non-fiction book written by [[Michael Eric Dyson]].<ref>[http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/magazine/michael-eric-dyson-believes-in-individual-reparations.html The New York Times]</ref><ref name=KR>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-eric-dyson/tears-we-cannot-stop/ Kirkus Reviews]</ref>
'''''Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America''''' is a 2017 non-fiction book by [[Michael Eric Dyson]].<ref name=KR>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-eric-dyson/tears-we-cannot-stop/ Kirkus Reviews]</ref><ref>[http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/04/magazine/michael-eric-dyson-believes-in-individual-reparations.html The New York Times]</ref>


==Overview==
==Overview==
A look into the current crisis of [[race and ethnicity in the United States|race relations in the United States]].
A look into the state of [[race and ethnicity in the United States|race relations in the United States]], delivered as "a hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation."<ref name=KR/>

The book grapples with the social construct of "whiteness" and challenges the readers to "reject the willful denial of history and to live fully in the complicated present with all of the discomfort it brings."<ref name="ChiTrib">{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-books-0212-tears-we-cannot-stop-michael-eric-dyson-20170208-story.html|title=Review: 'Tears We Cannot Stop' by Michael Eric Dyson|last=Fate|first=Tom Montgomery|date=February 8, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref> Dyson's 'sermon' addresses "five dysfunctional ways that those regarded as white respond when confronted with the reality that whiteness is simultaneously artificial and powerful," as well as "dysfunctional ways that black people sometimes respond to white racism."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Etheridge|first=David|date=September 1, 2017|title=Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America|url=https://www.friendsjournal.org/tears-cannot-stop-sermon-white-america/|journal=Friends Journal}}</ref>

Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed or discounted.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/tears-we-cannot-stop-1.3982140|title=Tears We Cannot Stop|last=CBC Books|date=March 16, 2017|work=CBC/Radio-Canada|access-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://us.macmillan.com/enwiki/static/smp/tears-we-cannot-stop/ Macmillian.com]
*[http://us.macmillan.com/enwiki/static/smp/tears-we-cannot-stop/ Macmillan.com]
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?422310-1/tears-stop Presentation by Dyson on ''Tears We Cannot Stop'', January 18, 2017], [[C-SPAN]]
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?426915-5/open-phones-michael-eric-dyson Interview with Dyson on ''Tears We Cannot Stop'', April 22, 2017], [[C-SPAN]]
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?429143-5/tears-stop Presentation by Dyson on ''Tears We Cannot Stop'', June 10, 2017], [[C-SPAN]]
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?433728-1/tears-stop Presentation by Dyson on ''Tears We Cannot Stop'', September 22, 2017], [[C-SPAN]]
*[https://www.c-span.org/video/?438794-3/michael-eric-dyson-race-relations ''Washington Journal'' interview with Dyson on ''Tears We Cannot Stop'', December 24, 2017], [[C-SPAN]]


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Latest revision as of 06:59, 3 January 2025

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
First edition
AuthorMichael Eric Dyson
LanguageEnglish
PublishedJanuary 17, 2017
PublisherSt. Martin's Press[1]
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages240 pp[1]
ISBN978-1-250-13599-5

Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America is a 2017 non-fiction book by Michael Eric Dyson.[1][2]

Overview

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A look into the state of race relations in the United States, delivered as "a hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation."[1]

The book grapples with the social construct of "whiteness" and challenges the readers to "reject the willful denial of history and to live fully in the complicated present with all of the discomfort it brings."[3] Dyson's 'sermon' addresses "five dysfunctional ways that those regarded as white respond when confronted with the reality that whiteness is simultaneously artificial and powerful," as well as "dysfunctional ways that black people sometimes respond to white racism."[4]

Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed or discounted.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kirkus Reviews
  2. ^ The New York Times
  3. ^ Fate, Tom Montgomery (February 8, 2017). "Review: 'Tears We Cannot Stop' by Michael Eric Dyson". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  4. ^ Etheridge, David (September 1, 2017). "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America". Friends Journal.
  5. ^ CBC Books (March 16, 2017). "Tears We Cannot Stop". CBC/Radio-Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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