White Like Me Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son

Name: White Like Me Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
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ISBN: 9781933368993

ISBN-10: 1933368993

ISBN-13: 9781933368993

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Tim Wise

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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…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication date: 12/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

J.I. Little is a professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University, author of Loyalties in Conflict: A Canadian Borderland in War and Rebellion, 1812-1840 , and co-author of An Illustrated History of Quebec: Tradition and Modernity .



Preface to the New Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Born to Belonging


Privilege


Denial


Resistance


Collaboration


Loss


Redemption


Epilogue: An Open Letter to White America about White Privilege and Hurricane Katrina