Daily Archives: May 22, 2008


Tim Wise – WHITE LIKE ME

My previous post led me to do a little searching about Tim Wise. I found one set of links on YouTube. Up until today, I had never heard these ideas presented in quite this way.

Tim Wise speaking at the Unitarian Universalist Community Center in Ridgewood, NJ on January 6th, 2005. The topic was the Disadvantages of Privilege, a topic lifted from Wise’s most recent book, “White Like Me.”

The following links will take you to the audio clips of this presentation.

You can find more about Tim Wise by clicking on the following link to his own web site.


Tim Wise: On White Privilege 1

Follow this link to a video clip of Tim Wise talking about the history of white privilege.

This is an interesting take on U.S. history. He is not completely alone in saying what he is saying. I have read some books recently that corroborate a few of the minor points that he is making. (That is corroboration to whatever degree that you can believe what these books are saying.)

I have not done any research yet on who Tim Wise is. I suppose I could be taking a chance on posting a link to his lecture if he turns out to be some certifiable maniac. I have enough faith in you readers to think that you will be able to decide for yourself if there is anything of value here.