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Michael Eric Dyson "Some of Us are In First Class, But The Plane Is In Trouble"
We play an address by professor and preacher Michael Eric Dyson speaking at the first annual Unvarnished Truth Awards in Washington D.C. Dyson says, "If you're in the plane, being in first class ain't going to stop you from going down with the rest of us. When there is turbulence, there is turbulence everywhere. Everybody be shaking. If that plane goes down, you might die first in first class. Yes, some of us are in first class, but the plane is in trouble."
One of the expected speakers at the Millions More Movement event tomorrow in Washington DC is Michael Eric Dyson. He is a professor, author, cultural critic and a Baptist minister. His latest book is titled, "Is Bill Cosby Right?"
Professor Dyson spoke a few weeks ago at the first annual Unvarnished Truth Awards in Washington D.C. The awards were organized by Pacifica and were held the same weekend as thousands came to D.C for the massive anti-war march.
* Michael Eric Dyson, professor and preacher. His latest book is titled "Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost its Mind?"
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/14/1353201
Professor Dyson spoke a few weeks ago at the first annual Unvarnished Truth Awards in Washington D.C. The awards were organized by Pacifica and were held the same weekend as thousands came to D.C for the massive anti-war march.
* Michael Eric Dyson, professor and preacher. His latest book is titled "Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost its Mind?"
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/14/1353201
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Metaphors are not known for precision.
Here it makes a BIG difference whether the situation is described as "we are all in the same AIRPLANE (in trouble)" or as "we are all on the same sinking SHIP". These are not precisely equivalent as you all probably know there are many historical precedents where in the latter case there was disproportional survial rates for 1st class passengers compared to those in steerage.
In other words, the selection of metaphor is making a (factual?) statement about the nature of the common disaster facing us, whether it is in fact "like an airplane" (NO possible escape for any groups or classes separately from the rest) or "like a ship" (where that is at least POSSIBLE --- stress that possible, because even a ship disaster can be "all hands").
This is too important to sluff off lightly. The arguments we must for why the "uppers" should change their ways are very different if we can claim "self interest" vs appeals to "social justice".
Here it makes a BIG difference whether the situation is described as "we are all in the same AIRPLANE (in trouble)" or as "we are all on the same sinking SHIP". These are not precisely equivalent as you all probably know there are many historical precedents where in the latter case there was disproportional survial rates for 1st class passengers compared to those in steerage.
In other words, the selection of metaphor is making a (factual?) statement about the nature of the common disaster facing us, whether it is in fact "like an airplane" (NO possible escape for any groups or classes separately from the rest) or "like a ship" (where that is at least POSSIBLE --- stress that possible, because even a ship disaster can be "all hands").
This is too important to sluff off lightly. The arguments we must for why the "uppers" should change their ways are very different if we can claim "self interest" vs appeals to "social justice".
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