During the keynote address for the 50th annual Black Heritage Celebration, Dr. Dyson explained why everyone should root for black people’s success.
Michael Eric Dyson, author and sociology professor at Georgetown University, used his keynote address at the George Washington University Black Heritage Celebration to tackle this year’s theme: “I’m Rooting for Everybody Black.”
The theme comes from a viral video of Issa Rae, actress and creator of HBO’s Insecure, who said during a red-carpet interview at the Emmys in 2017 that she was rooting for everybody black to take home awards that night.
Dr. Dyson took this idea a step further. As he explained during this keynote address, the reason we are rooting for black people is because “America has excluded the participation of black people in so many arenas.
“The reason we’ve got to root for people by color at all is because America has denied opportunity systemically and systematically to so many peoples, including peoples of color, but especially black people,” Dr. Dyson said.
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Briahnna M. Brown 