Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Tim Wise about his recent article "Imagine: Protest, Insurgency and the Workings of White Privilege" on redroom.com.
http://www.redroom.com/blog/tim-wise/imagine-protest-insurgency-and-workings-white-privilege
The article was incorrectly titled "Imagine if the Tea Party Was Black” on Alternet.
Tim Wise is one of the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S. He has spoken on hundreds of college campuses around the nation. He has provided anti-racism trainings to many, many groups throughout the country.
Tim Wise is the author of the books: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son;
Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White;
Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections from an Angry White Male;
and Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama.
His forthcoming book from City Lights is Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity.