Dear White America

White Americans have long been comfortable in the assumption that they are the cultural norm Now that notion is being challenged, as white people wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast changing, truly multicultural nation Facing chronic economic insecurity, a popular culture that reflects the nation s diverse cultural reality, a future in which they will no longer constitute the majority of the population, and with a black president in the White House, whites are growing anxious.This anxiety has helped to create the Tea Party movement, with its call to take our country back By means of a racialized nostalgia for a mythological past, the Right is enlisting fearful whites into its campaign for reactionary social and economic policies.In urgent response, Tim Wise has penned his most pointed and provocative work to date Employing the form of direct personal address, he points a finger at whites race based self delusion, explaining how such an agenda will only do harm to the nation s people, including most whites In no uncertain terms, he argues that the hope for survival of American democracy lies in the embrace of our multicultural past, present and future Sparing neither family nor self he considers how the deck has always been stacked in his and other white people s favor His candor is invigorating Publishers Weekly One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation Michael Eric Dyson Tim Wise has written another blockbuster His new book, Dear White America Letter to a New Minority, is a cogent analysis of the problems of race and inequality as well as a plea for those who harbor views about race and racism to modify and indeed eliminate them While the book s title addresses white people, this is really a book for anyone who is concerned about eliminating the issue of racial disparity in our society This is must read and a good read Charles J Ogletree, Jr., the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice He is the author of a number of books, including The Presumption of Guilt The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Race, Class and Crime in America Tim Wise is an American hero in the truest sense of the term he tells the truth, no matter how inconvenient that truth might be Dear White America is a desperately needed response to the insidious mythology that pretends whites are oppressed and people of color unduly privileged In the process, it exposes how new forms of racism have been deliberately embedded into our supposedly color blind culture Read this book but rest assured, it s not for the faint of heart David Sirota, syndicated columnist, radio host, author of Back to Our Future How the 1980s Explain the World We Live In Now The foremost white analyst of racism in America never fails to provide fresh takes as he punctures myths and defenses World Wide WorkTim Wise is one of the most prominent antiracist essayists, educators, and activists in the United States He is regularly interviewed by A list media, including CNN, C SPAN, The Tavis Smiley Show, The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Michael Eric Dyson s radio program, and many His most recent books include Colorblind and Between Barack and a Hard Place. Best Read Kindle ePUB Dear White America author Tim Wise – kino-fada.fr Even though I feel it s important for Americans to read one of Tim Wise s books, I m not sure it matters which one In White Like Me, for instance, Wise presents many of the same arguments as hisrecent Dear White America Letter to a New Minority The premise of both books is that issues around race and racial inequality have not been resolved To me, this seems like a given however, it s not always clear how maybe besides the justice system this inequality is being perpetuated You mig Even though I feel it s important for Americans to read one of Tim Wise s books, I m not sure it matters which one In White Like Me, for instance, Wise presents many of the same argum...You never know what is going to lead you to read certain books, and with this one it was due to a friend I had who had grown tired of my anti racist views but had never spoken out until one day when she called to ask for my opinion on an article that was sent to her, The Black Dilemma I told her that it was a racist article, and then after hanging up the phone, I began doing research and learned that the article was written for the American Renaissance magazine which is a white supremacy ma You never know what is going to lead you to read certain books, and with this o...This book blew me away Phenomenal observations here Tim Wise addresses racism at its worst or even at it s well it s better than it used to be so that can t be racist He dismantles racism, dismantles claims that things aren t racist, dismantles ideas of the...I encourage those who agreed with the points about white privilege brought out by Tim Wise and this book to check out this article I did enjoy the points and some of the analogies Wise made in Dear White America, what the author of the above article points out is also something to note By definition, white privilege is not earned Wise doesn t have to do anything to gain access to the benefits assigned to the social construct of racialized whitenes I encourage those who agreed with the points about white privilege brought out by Tim Wise and this book to check out this article I did enjoy the points and some of the analogies Wise made in Dear White America, what the author of the above article points out is also something to note By definition, white privilege is not earned Wise doesn t have to do anything to gain access to the benefits assigned to the social construct of racialized whiteness Even his apparent efforts to expose it have not caused the white establishment to banish him or treat him like a person of color Given that Wise isn t saying anything new or revolutionary in regards to how to eradicate racism, what accounts for his popularity and celebrity status and the fact that his calendar is filled with eng...For anyone who is older and grew up during segregation and was aware, there are no revelations here Also for anyone who currently works in any capacity with minorities, there are none either The author ...I read this short polemic in conjunction with watching Mr Wise s lecture, The Pathology of Privilege Racism, White Denial and Costs of Inequality Wise, et al., 2008 on the recommendation of a respected member of my faculty whom I consider a mentor I am grateful for the recommendation Mr Wise is an activist and scho...Another user took the book very personally in his review and I feel that I should share my response to him as a review in itself for the benefit of the community Thou dost Protest Too MuchDon t extrapolate too much into what I m saying but NO WAY did I get that from this book.You may not feel comfortable with the truths expressed here but it doesn t make it any less factual.Does it go against your sense that you re self made and that you ve succeeded in the vein of that rugged, American Another user took the book very personally in his review and I feel that I should share my response to him as a review in itself for the benefit of the community Thou dost Protest Too ...As for the public assistance, the majority of people of color don t receive any hence it is hardly legitimate to blame so called welfare for the larger community s condition Although people of color arelikely than whites to receive some form of income or health care assistance which only makes sense, considering such groups are two to fourtimeslikely to be poor in any given month, fewer than four in one hundred blacks and fewer than three in one hundred Latinos receive c As for the public assistance, the majority of people of color don t receive any hence it is hardly legitimate to blame so called welfare for the larger community s condition Although people of color arelikely than whites to receive some form of income or health care assistance which only makes sense, considering such groups are two to fourtimeslikely to be poor in any given month, fewer than four in one hundred blacks and fewer than three in one hundred Latinos receive cash welfare, between 6 and 12 percent ...I listened to the author read his bookhis words, and it was tough White America has, for too long, looked the other way, insisting we somehow areworthy than others..and very soon Caucasian America will be a minority I absolutely believe that s what the last three presidential elections have been about, with the 2016 election being the last gasp of old white yes, I know I are one men not one who so badly fear the changes in their world.Wise starts the book with an episode where he I listened to the author read his bookhis words, and it was tough White America has, for too long, looked the other way, insisting we somehow areworthy than others..and very soon Caucasian America will be a minority I absolutely believe that s what the last three presidential elections have been about, with the 2016 election being the last gasp of old white yes, I know I are one men not one who so badly fear the changes in their world.Wise starts the book with an episode where he upends the notion of, That happened hundreds of years ago You need to get over it, by saying that to a man celebrating the Fourth of July I laughed and then cringed The exchange with a woman who took him to task over taking our country b...Dear White America is the second book by Timothy Wise I ve read, the first being the transcendental semi autobiographical White Like Me I found the current book to be interesting, but not as thought provoking as White Like Me However, it does present an interesting analysis of how several factors are currently threatening the narrative that equates the white male experience and the american experience, suggesting that the rise of the Tea Party and the attendant racism stem from an uncr Dear White America is the second book by Timothy Wise I ve read, the first being the transcendental semi autobiographical White Like Me I found the current book to be interesting, but not as thought provoking as White Like Me However, it does present an interesting analysis of how several factors are currently threatening the narrative that equates the white male experience and the american experience, suggesting that the rise of the Tea Party and the attendant racism stem from an uncritical and frightened response to these threats.Wise identifies four threats to the narrative The election of Obama in 2008 meant the end of two centuries in which almost every political leader of note was white This is the political threat The economic threat to the narrative is the recent crash of the economy, which showed many white people that it is not enough to simply work and foll...

• English
• 14 March 2018
Tim Wise
• Paperback
• 190 pages
• 0872865215
• Tim Wise
• Dear White America