White folk consistently lead all other groups in aggravated assault, larceny, illegal weapons possession, arson, and vandalism. According to FBI statistics, black folk committed 36 percent of violent crime in 2015, while white folk committed 42 percent of violent crimes in the same year.

And, beloved, it might surprise you that white folk commit the most violent crimes too. “White folk commit the bulk of the crimes in our nation. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America In the end, Trump is a nationalist, and Kaepernick is a patriot. That is dangerous, as glimpsed in Trump’s amplification of racist and xenophobic sentiments. It is the nationalists who wrap themselves in a flag and loudly proclaim themselves as patriots. The nationalist is the person who spurns such correction and would rather take refuge in bigotry than fight it. The patriot is the person who, spotting the need for change, says so clearly and loudly, without hate or rancor. If the nation strays, then it must be corrected. Patriotism is the belief in the best values of one’s country, and the pursuit of the best means to realize those values. Patriotism is a bigger, more uplifting virtue. Nationalism is the belief that no matter what one’s country does-whether racist, homophobic, sexist, xenophobic, or the like-it must be supported and accepted entirely.

Nationalism is a harmful belief that can lead a country down a dangerous spiral of arrogance, or off a precipice of political narcissism. It is summarized in the saying, “My country right or wrong.” Lump it or leave it. As readers meet some of the many African American people who dared to fight for a more equal future, they will also discover a framework for addressing racial injustice in their own lives.Īvailable from Hachette Audio as a digital download, and in Print and Ebook from Little, Brown Young Readers.“Nationalism is the uncritical celebration of one’s nation regardless of its moral or political virtue. You can see it in where we live, where we go to school, where we work, in our laws, and in our leadership. Unequal presents a gripping account of the struggles that shaped America and the insidiousness of racism, and demonstrates how inequality persists. The true story of racial inequality-and resistance to it-is the prologue to our present. Renowned, bestselling author Michael Eric Dyson makes his YA debut, with critically acclaimed author Marc Favreau, to deliver an urgent, enlightening account of racial inequality in America.

Unequal by Michael Eric Dyson