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White Like Me : Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son.

By: Publisher: Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press, 2011Copyright date: 2011Edition: Remix : Revised and updated edition, [Third edition]Description: xv, 271 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781593764258
  • 1593764251
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.8/00973 22
LOC classification:
  • E185.615 .W565 2011
Contents:
Introduction to the Third edition -- Preface -- Born to belonging -- Awakenings -- Middle passage -- Higher learning -- Louisiana Goddam* -- Professional development -- Home and away -- Chocolate pain, vanilla indignation -- Parenthood -- Redemption.
Summary: "With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is part memoir, 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." -- Publisher's description
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab E185.615 .W565 2011 1 Available 50583020007385
Total holds: 0

Introduction to the Third edition -- Preface -- Born to belonging -- Awakenings -- Middle passage -- Higher learning -- Louisiana Goddam* -- Professional development -- Home and away -- Chocolate pain, vanilla indignation -- Parenthood -- Redemption.

"With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is part memoir, 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." -- Publisher's description

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