Talk - Tim Wise on White Privilege

Tim Wise author of "White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son" speaking on white privilege June 25, 2002 at Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle.

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News & Politics

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• Privilege
• White
• Race
• Black
• Racism

[feralcoder]

@dissentingRabbit that's the opposite of his position. He's positing that heritage (ethnicity) DOES matter. And how is it a double standard to speak to his own people about their own experience? A double standard is when you project truths or rules on others which you don't apply to yourself. Also the opposite of what he's doing.

[ddsharper]

Begins at 4:05. sheesh.

[ladymimi101]

Woah. This video just changed my life.

[greg831]

@ddsharper you saved 3min 30 sec of my life (i didnt read the comment til after my A-D-D began to kick in...

[whiteagent1977]

Wow. You look at the area where apartheid took place now. It's the opposite. I guess Tim Wise calls that justice. Discrimination, regardless of skin color is wrong. Tim Wise doesn't get that. White discrimination is wrong, ask the white farmers of Zimbabwe.

[DollaBiIIz]

@intoxibella Read a book loser. All of those countries had to kill people to get their land. You are just to stupid to know it.

[intoxibella]

@InternationalRabbit JAPAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN JAPAN. CHINA HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHINA., AFRICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN AFRICA. The Japanese, Chinese and Africans did not KILL PEOPLE OFF THEIR LAND AND STEAL THE LAND. You're so stupid. Africans were once more advance then europeans even the Mayans were once more advanced. Nations RISE & FALL all the time. europeans come along and destroy civilizations. Go read a book.

[scottishbeagle]

@MsFrittas

this must be a joke. people of all races "start shit" the world over. have you read much about violence in Africa recently? Asian folk NEVER start shit, thats right....good God - ALL races of people, white folk included, start shit, and have done since the dawn of Man. what you are suggesting is sounds like was Hitler told the Germans about the Jews. "imagine how much better how much be without white people" You are a racist and a disgrace.

[alexm0400]

futhermore, though this may make some people mad, i will take advantage of my white privilege in order to do my part in educating other people who share my skintone of their privilege and how to use it to the best of their ability to become an ally. thanks tim

[SevenFootPelican]

This man's last name cannot be purely coincidental.. He's one of the very few White people who quite honestly get it.

[finally0726]

This so-called white man is boasting openingly about him being able to attend college w/o financial aid. Going on talking about his grandfather/father having a business in a black community...blah,blah.blah. This is not encouraging, neither is it flattering.

[REASONINFUSION]

@AnarchistOpposition You are wrong here. The suicide rate amongst young whites is much higher than that of blacks. Tim is refering to the low tolerance level many whites have because of the belief that their lives should be free of stress. Take for instance the subject of bullying, most blacks are like "so fing what!" Bullying only became a big deal because white kids have shot up schools because of their inability to deal with it.