White Like Me

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. Download White Like Me by Tim Wise – kino-fada.fr It is rare for me to read a book twice I can count those books on one hand I have read this book twice, not because I enjoyed it I didn t I read it twice because it is important.Brief autobiographical sketch growing up in Somerville, MA way before it was cool to live there , I had many black friends By the time I went to junior high school, high school, then college, I had none None of that was on purpose it s just the way it happened While ...A few years ago, if someone would have asked me if I had been allowed at birth to decide my race, I would have chosen to be white, the answer would have been a resounding yes It wasn t that I hated being black, it was just that, up until the last two years of high school I firmly believed that I would have had a better life it I were white It wasn t until I grew up a lot, that I realized that my troubles were not unique to my race, it just seemed that way I learned to love my blackness and n A few years ago, if someone would have asked me if I had been allowed at birth to decide my race, I would have chosen to be white, the answer would have been a resounding yes It wasn t that I hated being ...Yes, it s important for white people to talk to each other about white privilege and racism No, I do not think this book is the most important book of our time I think it s arrogant of him to talk about how he makes his living doing anti racist work with not really any discussion about what allows him to make money repeating observances about whiteness that people of color have been sharing for centuries without getting paid to do so I also think he s such a dude that it made it hard for Yes, it s important for white people to talk to each other about white privilege and racism No, I do not think this book is the most important book o...This book was not written for me It was written for white people who are unwilling or willing to understand their role in the fight for racial equality I was incredibly disappointed by the fact that Wise never includes any PoC in this book I find it very hard to believe that Wise came to understand the effects of racism without having any meaningful relationships with PoC To me, it seemed disingenuous and not authentic It s like saying I understand Chinese culture without having met any per This book was not written for me It was written for white people who are unwilling or willing to understand their role in the fight for racial equality I was incredibly disappointed by the fact that Wise never includes any PoC in this book I find it very hard to believe that Wise came to understand the effects of racism without havi...OK, majorly important book here Let s please take a moment and give Tim Wise the ridiculous amount of respect he deserves for advancing the dialogue on white privilege I want to give this book 5 stars just for its existence I settled on 4 because I don t know if it s a brilliant book, but it s without a doubt a provokingly honest book I hope that readers will come away from it as I did, not guilt stricken but with a greater sense of empathy and mindfulness.Grounding an exploration of white p OK, majorly important book here Let s please take a moment and give Tim Wise the ridiculous amount of respect he deserves for advancing the dialogue on white privilege I want to give this book 5 stars just for its existence I settled on 4 because I don t know if it s a brilliant book, but it s without a doubt a provokingly honest book I hope that readers will come away from it as I did, not guilt stricken but with a greater sense of empathy and mindfulness.Grounding an exploration of white privilege in his personal narrative is obviously an intentional choice that raises the bar for all of us to examine race and privilege in our own lives And an accessible rather than scholarly text No problem here That being said, I felt it sort of went back and forth between treatise on white privilege and this is a memoir so excuse me for a moment while I work out my own family issues Relatedly, I feel like ...Wise is very accessible to many white people I am not one of those people, and I don t tend to interact in person with too many of those people, and generally find him irritating He writes like the world is black and white, so when he starts to talk about the experiences of Black and white people he simplifies to make points in a way that tends to deny or disregard the experiences of people who don t fit so easily into that I ve often wondered if the ease of communicating issues of race along Wise is very accessible to many white people I am not one of those people, and I don t tend to interact in person with too many of those people, and generally find him irritating He writes like the world is black and white, so when he starts to talk about the experiences of Black and white people he simplifies to make points in a way that tends to deny or disregard the experiences of people who don t fit so easily into that I ve often wondered if the ease of communicating issues of race along these simplified terms is worth the cost of ingraining into so many people s heads the idea that issues of race are really that simple I haven t figured this out yet I don t know I know it s a common technique so it s not all Wise here by any means, but he s one of the most...Wise has crafted an engaging, personal and at times moving account of the effects of whiteness on his family and on white people as a whole I also had several issues with the book The book s tone was somewhat uneven, as Wise used random fuck yous and sarcasm infrequently enough that it was somewhat jarring when it happened, and occasionally seemed forced and sanctimonious Even though I usually like that type of writing style like Inga Muscio, for example I don t think Wise pulled it o Wise has crafted an engaging, personal and at times moving account of the effects of whiteness on his family and on white people as a whole I also had several issues with the book The book s tone was somewhat uneven, as Wise used random fuck yous and sarcasm infrequently enough that it wa...Wise s book is interesting and useful as an introduction for white people to encourage thinking about race and privilege That s a good thing, for sure but it s a safe and white mediated approach to thinking about race For real and challenging stuff on race, you should actually be reading writers who are people of color Case in point each chapter opens with a relevant quote from James Baldwin s writings and I recommend that you prioritize reading and listening to Baldwin instead of Wise.I Wise s book is interesting and useful as an introduction for white people to encourage thinking about race and privilege That s a good thing, for sure but it s a safe and white mediated approach to thinking about race For real and chal...The content of this book is outstanding Wise makes many a good point about whiteness and the privilege it allows for and I did take away a lot of information in reading this book Wise brings up a a lot of great points that I thinkwhite people need to hear My problem with this book, was the tone Wise assumed the reader was an absolute idiot, and he comes off in the book as such a dude, such a bro, that I had a hard time keeping up with it I loved the content, hated the tone And it was The content of this book is outstanding Wise makes many a good point about whiteness and the privilege it allows for and I did take away a lot of information in reading this book Wise brings up a a lot of great points that I thinkwhite people need to hear My problem with this book, was the tone Wise assumed the reader was an absolute idiot, and he comes off in the book as such a dude, such a bro, that I had a hard time keeping up with it I loved the content, hated the tone And it wasn t that what he was saying was hard for me to hear no A lot of the topics he raised are things I d thought about and have even studied It s just that when I read a book like this, I w...I borrowed this book from one of the teachers at my daughter s school This teacher also facilitates the diversity series that I had mentioned in my review of The Hate U Give The program will be longer this year and starts in a couple of weeks I am glad that I had a chance to read Wise s book prior to then, because there is so much to discuss.Wise is an activist who wrote this book to help white people understand how privileged their lives are versus minorities in America and by doing the righ I borrowed this book from one of the teachers at my daughter s school This teacher also facilitates the diversity series that I had mentioned in my review of The Hate U Give The program will be longer this year and starts in a couple of weeks I am glad that I had a chance to read Wise s book prior to then, becau...

• English
• 20 December 2018
Tim Wise
• Paperback
• 250 pages
• 1932360689
• Tim Wise
• White Like Me