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Michael Eric Dyson Quotes about Justice

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Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the less fortunate--while others are short-changed, then even acts of

Charity is no substitute for justice. If we never challenge a social order that allows some to accumulate wealth--even if they decide to help the less fortunate--while others are short-changed, then even acts of kindness end up supporting unjust arrangements. We must never ignore the injustices that make charity necessary, or the inequalities that make it possible.

Michael Eric Dyson
Kindness, Order, Justice
"Come Hell or High Water". Book by Michael Eric Dyson, www.today.com. 2006.

Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.

Michael Eric Dyson
Justice, Sound, Speak
Michael Eric Dyson (2009). “Can You Hear Me Now?: The Inspiration, Wisdom, and Insight of Michael Eric Dyson”, p.123, Basic Civitas Books

The demand for racial (and sexual) justice gets reduced to politics of identity - and excoriating the so-called perpetrators of the identity politics.

Michael Eric Dyson
Identity Politics, Justice, Demand
"Michael Eric Dyson Wants White People to Step Up and Actually Do Something About Racism". Interview With Will Greenberg, www.motherjones.com. January 18, 2017.

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