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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son Paperback – December 21, 2004

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In White Like Me, Tim Wise offers a highly personal examination of the ways in which racial privilege shapes the lives of most white Americans, overtly racist or not, to the detriment of people of color, themselves, and society. The book shows the breadth and depth of the phenomenon within institutions such as education, employment, housing, criminal justice, and healthcare. By critically assessing the magnitude of racial privilege and its enormous costs, Wise provides a rich memoir that will inspire activists, educators, or anyone interested in understanding the way that race continues to shape the experiences of people in the U.S. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and scholarly, analytical and accessible.

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Activist, lecturer and director of the new Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE), Wise works from anecdote rather than academic argument to recount his path to greater cultural awareness in a colloquial, matter-of-fact quasi-memoir that urges white people to fight racism "for our own sake." Sparing neither family nor self, Wise recalls a racist rant his antiracist mother once delivered, racial epithets uttered by his Alzheimer's-afflicted grandmother and the "conditioning" that leads him to wonder, for a split-second, if people of color are truly qualified for their jobs. He considers how the deck has always been stacked in his and other white people's favor: his grandmother's house, which served as collateral for a loan he needed for college, for instance, was in a neighborhood that had formerly barred blacks. Resistance to racism, Wise declares, requires support (it's better for a group to speak out against racial tracking than for one "crazy radical" to do it), and that's presumably part of what this volume means to provide. And while Wise sometimes falls victim to sweeping judgments—the act of debating racial profiling, he declares, is "white-identified," because only whites have the luxury to look at life or death issues as a battle of wits—his candor is invigorating.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Soft Skull Press; Revised ed. edition (December 21, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1932360689
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1932360684
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches

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Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S., and has been called, 'One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation," by best-selling author and professor Michael Eric Dyson, of Georgetown University. Wise has spoken in all 50 states, on over 1000 college campuses, and has spoken to community groups around the nation. He is the author of seven books and has contributed essays to twenty-five additional volumes.

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Heather

Time to write the fourth edition.

Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2023

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Mr. Wise in your introduction, you stated this subject matter is “fluid”. Well I think now’s the time to revise and focus on edition 4 because the Trumpian age has placed an even larger spotlight on your themes. I find it utterly amusing that DeSantis and his supporters will stop at nothing to throw a huge rock at the light you shine on the caucasian psyche. They want their distorted lenses through which they see the world to be the photosynthesis that all the worlds children are fed.

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Tracy Brown

So thought provoking!

Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017

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I read this for a book group - yes, yet another book group book. What an interesting read! This guy grew up with parents that wanted him to know people are the same, regardless of what they may look like.

Mine were the same way, but one thing they taught me is that no one is color blind. We see the colors. And we must be aware, consciously choosing how we treat others. Can people tell be the way I live that I believe all humans deserve to be treated with dignity? Or can they only see that I do nothing to show my prejudices? Don't get me wrong, the latter is still an acceptable social norm to me, but I expect and hope for better.

Clearly, the concept of white privilege is an uncomfortable one for those of us who benefit from it - for white males more than white females, but I know I have been benefitted by my skin color. I liked this book, though, because it caused me to reflect on myself, on my life, on my blessings and behavior.

Until we see "others" as a part of "us", we can never enjoy equality in our country. We have to keep fighting for it.

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Ricks

I felt that Tim Wise did a outstanding job frame up White Privilege and Racists Policies in Louisiana, where he went to school at Tulane University and growing up in the south.

Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2019

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I like his parallelism of White Apartheid in South Africa to the events in Louisiana and Racist Policies that the government was supporting in the 1980's and 1990's.
As a person of color, I find it so hard, where whites refute the historical issues of our nation and their unwillingness to embrace Anti-Racists Policies. I applaud Tim Side's perspectives. My hope is that whites will take seriously his point of view and be willing to read. A lot of my White friends refuse to be willing to have a person of color to have this vital conversation. A must read for White Evangelicals in America. Open-minded is the key of White America.

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Excellent - perspective from an uncommon angle

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2013

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I purchased this book after a friend invited me to come to a luncheon with the author here in our city. I wanted to read the book in the week or so before his visit, and at first I was afraid I might not be able to finish. However, I found his writing to be extremely engaging, and enjoyable to read. I finished the book in just a few days.

I have read quite a few books on race relations, and I agree with one of the other commentators that we should not glorify this particular book given so many eloquent works have been written by the likes of Du Bois, Baldwin, etc.. That said, I believe Wise brings a fresh perspective on this issue - and I wish I could require every white American to read his book (along with "The Fire Next Time," "The New Jim Crow," and quite a few others).

The sad truth is that the people who need to read and reflect on these works never will. What Wise has written here is from his heart and experience. He does not refrain from admitting his own failings and ignorance on his journey - and from that we gain an honest perspective from a person who truly wants this world to be a better place for everyone - not just for people who look like him.

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C. Kemp

Many Will Easily and Readily Identify With Tim's Experiences

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2014

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While this book is autobiographical, it typifies many of the real life experiences a good number of whites in America can easily and readily identify with. Tim is most insightful and perceptive; kudos to him for that. I've learned so much from Tim's writings and videos that I otherwise would never have known and have been made better for the experience. While Tim's wife jokingly refers to Dr. Michael Eric Dyson's comment that Tim is a national treasure, I need to say, he most certainly is!

White supremacy is a horrific blight on the American social landscape. Tim's details and description of whiteness and the grievous damage it inflicts on all who've had to deal with it should be required reading/viewing by all who dane to call themselves, Americans. Blacks and other minorities in the country know full well what Tim talks about; the utterly sad thing is, so many whites, blinded by whiteness and white supremacy, are totally ignorant of the facts Tim talks about and resist any and all attempts to have their eyes opened.

While the founders of the republic were terribly flawed men, their concept of democracy is just as vital and vibrant today as when it was first proclaimed.

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Helping White People See What We Don't Otherwise See

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2012

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I'm a white man married to black woman. I'm a white father of two children society classifies as black. I'm a white pastor of a congregation that is 60% black.

In other words, I have to think about race a lot -- for a white man.

But even with as much as I think about race I am still oblivious to some of the ways my race has privileged me in every context since my conception. And some of the ways it still privileges me every day in ways that harm the wife, children, and church that I love. And, as Wise discusses in White Like Me, ways that harm me and other whites.

In "White Like Me" Tim Wise tells his own story of living as a white man in a country that privileges whiteness. Beginning with his conception and continuing to Obama's presidency, Wise writes of his life experiences and what each one reveals about the advantages whiteness affords. His storytelling is at times moving, usually humurous, and always relatable for white readers.

Wise is not interested in making white people feel guilty. He is interested in helping white people see what our black neighbors see and feel every day. As such, the book is illuminating whether you have explored the subject of white privilege before or not.

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Gary

have an open mind

Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2018

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Great reading ,the book is full of human emotions.

Tom C

Must reading for white people

Reviewed in the Netherlands on February 2, 2018

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It is a book that I hope will make white people more aware of the racism inherent in white societies. One might think this book is only relevant to American society but one needn't look far to see it is also relevant here in Nederland. Zwart Piet, ignorance of our colonial past, ethnic food aisles in the grocery stores, little representation of minority groups in parliament, fear of being overrun by refugees, fear of being a victim of crime committed by people of color - all of these things indicate that in the
Netherlands racism is alive and well.

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Best book l have read for a long time

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2016

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Best book l have read for a long time, should be in all secondary schools and included in history lessons . White like me is not easy cup of tea reading but if you want real honest heart felt truth about racism from the white perspective you won't be disappointed. One hundred percent to Tim Wise for having the courage to write this book. Mrs D.Lomas

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Highly recommended to all persons - especially white people

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2016

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Incredibly insightful and powerful.
Highly recommended to all persons - especially white people. This is a great education.

A Montreal Reader

Thought provoking

Reviewed in Canada on October 22, 2018

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A hard read and thought provoking and yes, I was getting quite disturbed and depressed until the end which focuses the journey of fighting rather than the goal of winning. Definitely something to think about.

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