It's hard to say when or if we will actually arrive at that place called 'post-racial', or, better yet, post-racism. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
In short, and let us be clear on it: race is not a card. It determines whom the dealer is, and who… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
To believe that the United States is post-racial requires an almost incomprehensible inability or unwillingness to stare truth in the face. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I think for folks of color the key to combatting racism period is a) trusting their instincts and b) solidarity with one… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Our failure as a society to properly acknowledge and confront the psychological, social, and political effects of white privilege has perpetuated racial… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Antiracism is not "my" campaign. I have been doing antiracism organizing, activism, educating and writing for 20 years, in one form or… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The system of white supremacy is intended to make folks of color doubt themselves, their intelligence, their abilities, their very sanity. And… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
There are lots of research, of course, saying that a vast majority of us have been exposed to racial biases and stereotypes… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Sadly, whites are rarely open to what black and brown folks have to say regarding their ongoing experiences with racist mistreatment. And… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
“...After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Only blacks can play the race card, apparently; only they think in racial terms, at least to hear white America tell it. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
If you want to know if racism is a problem in your country, you might not want to ask white people. — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus'… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are… — Tim Wise Copy Share
For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion,… — Tim Wise Copy Share
Progress is always relative: to the oppressed, it can only be viewed as an all or nothing deal - if oppression continues, even in… — Tim Wise Copy Share
I don't think the job of the antiracist is to convert the far-out heathen racist, or give them their 'come to Jesus' moment, as… — Tim Wise Copy Share
And in "Elbow Room" the cast sings the glories of westward expansion in the United States, which involved the murder of native peoples and… — Tim Wise Copy Share
If we dont figure out a way to create equity, real equity, of opportunity and access, to good schools, housing, health care, and decent… — Tim Wise Copy Share
So, in "Melting Pot" the children (about a third of whom were kids of color) sang the line, "America was the new world and… — Tim Wise Copy Share
Hardly any aspect of my life, from where I had lived to my education to my employment history to my friendships, had been free… — Tim Wise Copy Share
People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who am I… — Tim Wise Copy Share
You can't organize people if you don't love them. And however hard it can be to love the racist you come in contact with;… — Tim Wise Copy Share
Being asked to describe what 'post-racial' means is a bit like being asked to describe a leprechaun, cold fusion or unicorns: we know what… — Tim Wise Copy Share
As a writer, there are times when you have something to say, and yet no particular 'hook' upon which to hang the missive you… — Tim Wise Copy Share
“The power of resistance is to set an example: not necessarily to change the person with whom you disagree, but to empower the one… — Tim Wise Copy Share
When you allow racial disparity and institutional inequity to affect one part of the country, eventually it's coming back to get everyone. — Tim Wise Copy Share
