Bestselling author, Michael Eric Dyson collects previously unpublished intellectual encounters - cordial and combative - with some of today’s most influential thinkers and politicians. Whether chronicling the class conflict in the African-American community or exposing the failings of the government response in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Michael Eric Dyson has never shied away from controversy. No stranger to intellectual combat, Dyson has always been ready to engage friends and foes alike in open conversation about the issues that matter. Debating Race collects many of Dyson’s most memorable encounters and most poignant arguments. Dyson shows that he is as eloquent off the cuff as he is on the book page, and Debating Race gives readers a front row seat as he spars with politicians, pundits and public intellectuals. From John Kerry to John McCain to Ann Coulter and hosts of television’s The View - Dyson shows the mental agility and rhetorical tenacity that have made him one of America’s most astute intellectuals, and with topics as diverse as the legacy of the OJ Simpson trial and the authenticity of Colin Powell, there is something in Debating Race to touch a nerve in us all.