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Deconstructing institutionalized white supremacy for everyone's benefit.

"White Like Me" is a thought-provoking memoir about the realities of how privilege can shape one's experience in society. Tim Wise shares his personal stories and insights in a powerful polemic that urges readers to challenge injustice and resist white supremacy. This book would be a good read for anyone interested in understanding the impact of racism and privilege in America and looking for ways to promote social change.

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White Like Me : Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son

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ISBN: 9781593764258
Authors: Tim Wise
Publisher: Soft Skull
Date of Publication: 2011-09-13
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.1
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With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection. It is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: 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.” He discusses how racial privilege can harm whites in the long run and make progressive social change less likely. He explores the ways in which whites can challenge their unjust privileges, and explains in clear and convincing language why it is in the best interest of whites themselves to do so. Using anecdotes instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a narrative that is at once readable and yet scholarly, analytical and yet accessible.
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Deconstructing institutionalized white supremacy for everyone's benefit.

"White Like Me" is a thought-provoking memoir about the realities of how privilege can shape one's experience in society. Tim Wise shares his personal stories and insights in a powerful polemic that urges readers to challenge injustice and resist white supremacy. This book would be a good read for anyone interested in understanding the impact of racism and privilege in America and looking for ways to promote social change.