Michael Eric Dyson, Author at Valley News

Former U.S. President Barack Obama, right, waves at reporters as he walks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, upon arrival for their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday, June 30, 2017. Obama and his family arrived Friday in his childhood home of Jakarta on the tail-end of their 10-day vacation to the country, where they were spotted whitewater rafting and visiting ancient temples. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool)

Did Obama’s Silence on Race Enable Trump?

by Michael Eric Dyson The Washington PostAugust 24, 2017

Obama: The Call of HistoryBy Peter Baker;New York Times/Callaway; 319 pages; $50“After eight years of Obama, America was not ready to declare a cease-fire in the perpetual war over race,” Peter Baker writes in Obama: The Call of History, his…

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