Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America

by Michael Eric Dyson

Black and white people don’t merely have different experiences; we seem to occupy different universes, with worldviews that are fatally opposed to one another.

What, then, can we do? We must return to the moral and spiritual foundations of our country and grapple with the consequences of our original sin.

I know that when we get out of our own way and let the spirit of love and hope shine through we are a better people.

KRS-One asks the question, and I ask you to sing along with me, “When’s it gonna stop?!”