Entertaining Race

A compelling vision on race in America from the New York Times bestselling author and one of the nation's most celebrated public intellectuals

"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

For more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. In Entertaining Race, he brings together the various components of his multihued identity and eclectic pursuits for the first time.

Dyson offers a testament to his consistent celebration of the outsized impact of African American culture and politics on this country. Ranging from 1991 to the present, he entertains race with his pen, voice and body, 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 presents a compelling vision from the mind and heart of one of America's most important and enduring voices on race relations, social justice, black culture, and the African American experience.