45 pages • 1 hour read
Michael Eric DysonTears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2017A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
What key historical moments have been crucial to the racial struggle for equality? What does Dyson argue contributes to the persistence of racism today?
Why does Dyson structure the text as a sermon? What does this structure reveal about the author and text’s intentions? How does it impact the conveying of Dyson’s key themes and arguments?
According to the text, what is whiteness and how does it connect to racism and American identity? Why does Dyson separate whiteness from white humanity? Compare whiteness to the analysis of Blackness as illustrated by Dyson and identify their differences.
