About this title: Race is, and always has been, an explosive issue in the United States. In this timely new book, Tim Wise explores how Barack Obama's emergence as a political force is taking the race debate to new levels. According to Wise, for many white people, Obama's rise signifies the end of racism as a pervasive social force; they point to Obama not only as ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: City Lights Foundation
Date Published: 2009-02-01
ISBN-13:9780872865006ISBN:0872865002
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780872865006ISBN:0872865002
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780872865006ISBN:0872865002
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"The best Caucasian writer to focus on the white supremacy that is still embedded in all aspects of American life is at it again with a great series of essays that deal with the issues of race that have come up around the election of Barack Obama. The book is filled with scary statistics, for instance, black high school graduates actually have higher unemployment rates that white dropouts, and white males with a criminal record are more likely than black males without one to be called back for a job interview, and black women are 9 times more likely to be searched for drugs coming through customs even though white women are twice as likely to be caught with drugs. Mostly though it focuses on the myth of meritocracy and the dangers of thinking that we've reached any sort of post-racial United States."
"Wise strikes a good balance between arguing for the progress that was made by the Obama campaign and by his election and arguing that one of the main reasons he was elected was not because we live in so-called postracial America but because the majority of Americans have moved beyond racism 1.0 to racism 2.0. He clearly describes the classic "But I don't think of you as black" phenomenon that so many well-intentioned but cluess white people think if not say. Smart analysis and a powerful call to white progressives to fight racism and educate other white people about the work that still needs to be done."
"Tim Wise is a leading proponent/educator regarding white privilege and understanding that whites have a key role in next steps toward understanding the role race plays in ALL our lives--not just for African Americans or other people of color. This short text came out of speeches that he gave during the last election, leading up to the historic election of the first person of color, Barack Obama, to become President. His texts often read like speeches, pedantic, and this is no exception. But his central thesis is one I am ready to embrace."
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