White like me : reflections on race from a privileged son / Tim Wise.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wise, Tim, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wise, Tim, 1968-.

Wise, Tim.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

White people.

Social conditions.

United States.

White people--United States--Social conditions.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xiii, 191 pages ; 21cm

Edition:

Revised and updated.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Soft Skull Press, [2008]

Summary:

White Like Me is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the lives of white Americans in every realm of daily life: employment, education, housing, criminal justice and elsewhere. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise demonstrates the ways in which racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits in relative terms, those who are "white like him." Wise also discusses the ways in which racial privilege can harm whites in the long run and make progressive social change less likely. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly; analytical and yet accessible. Now newly revised and updated.

Contents:

Born to Belonging 1

Privilege 17

Denial 61

Resistance 89

Collaboration 127

Loss 147

Redemption 173

Epilogue: An Open Letter to White America about White Privilege and Hurricane Katrina 179.

ISBN:

9781933368993

1933368993

OCLC:

183193527