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What white Americans hear in the word ‘race’

Clip: 5/18/2017 | 3m 19s

Dyson gives his Brief but Spectacular take on white privilege and the American racism.

“Can we challenge the forces of unconscious white privilege and implicit bias, to come out of the closet and be held accountable?” Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson says asking that question is his job. Dyson gives his Brief but Spectacular take on white privilege and the American amnesia over race.

05/18/2017

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