society. if hustling is the central motif of american society, both the bad kind, the scoff laws, those who were on the take, and the good kind, those who are the go-getters, those who understand they have to make their way by their hard work, that s where we are. that s where the american people are, and i think any politician love to understand what jay-z , that man from brooklyn, has mastered. that you got to gird up your lion loins, connect with other people, and then do the right thing in american society. if politicians were more like jay-z in that regard, i think we d have a better chance to see something good happening in this american political season. dr. michael eric dyson, thank you very much. the book is jay-z: made in america. coming up, as american shoppers head out to stores to buy gifts for the holidays, they may feel some sticker shock due to president trump s war on christmas. i ll explain next.