White Like Me

Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son

By: Tim Wise

Narrated by: Tim Wise

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 listenable and yet scholarly, analytical and yet accessible.

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AMAZING!

Thought provoking and inspiring! Youll he challenged to see yourself in a new way. Do yourself a favor and read it!

Please, do not be deterred!

Reading the reviews, I can tell that some people did not genuinely listen to this text and would simply like to criticize anything within the critical race theory genre. This deep dive into our racialized experiences is something in which we all need to engage. I urge you to buy it.

WOW !! A whole new world !!

The more you know ……. HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book !! Funny , factual , honest feelings. Felt like I was in his classroom.

Eye opening and important

Great book on white privilege read by the author, important, timely, and well worth the listen

White like Me

outstanding and illuminating . Mr. Wise is true to his last name. I admire him greatly and those like him.