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Speaking Treason Fluently
Tim Wise
Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male
Soft Skull Press
September 2008
On Sale: September 1, 2008
352 pages
ISBN: 1593762070
EAN: 9781593762070
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In this highly anticipated follow-up to White Like Me:
Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, activist Tim
Wise examines the way in which institutional racism
continues to shape the contours of daily life in the United
States, and the ways in which white Americans reap enormous
privileges from it. The essays included in this collection
span the last ten years of Wise’s writing and cover all the
hottest racial topics of the past decade: affirmative
action, Hurricane Katrina, racial tension in the wake of
the Duke lacrosse scandal, white school shootings, racial
profiling, phony racial unity in the wake of 9/11, and the
political rise of Barack Obama. Wise’s commentaries make
forceful yet accessible arguments that serve to counter
both white denial and complacency—two of the main obstacles
to creating a more racially equitable and just society.
Speaking Treason Fluently is a superbly crafted collection
of Wise’s best work, which reveals the ongoing salience of
race in America today and demonstrates that racial
privilege is not only a real and persistent problem, but
one that ultimately threatens the health and well-being of
the entire society.
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