Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.comID: 281357Title: Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White AmericaAuthor: Michael Eric DysonNarrator: Michael Eric DysonFormat: UnabridgedLength: 05:32:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 01-17-17Publisher: Macmillan AudioGenres: Non-Fiction, Social ScienceSummary:This program is read by the author'Elegantly written, Tears We Cannot Stop is powerful in several areas: moving personal recollections; profound cultural analysis; and guidance for moral redemption. A work to relish.' Toni Morrison'Heres a sermon thats as fierce as it is lucid. It shook me up, but in a good way. This is how it works if youre black in America, this is what happens, and this is how it feels. If youre black, youll feel a spark of recognition in every paragraph. If youre white, Dyson tells you what you need to knowwhat this white man needed to know, at least. This is a major achievement. I read it and said amen.' Stephen KingAs the country grapples with racist division at a level not seen since the 1960s, one man's voice is heard above the rest. In his New York Times op-ed piece 'Death in Black and White,' Michael Eric Dyson moved a nation. Isabel Wilkerson called it 'an unfiltered Marlboro of black pain' and 'crushingly powerful,' and Beyonce tweeted about it. Now he continues to speak out in Tears We Cannot Stopa provocative and deeply personal call for change. 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. Short, emotional, literary, powerfulthis is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read.Contact: [email protected]

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