Tim Wise
Tim Wise
Timothy Jacob "Tim" Wiseis an American anti-racism activist and writer. Since 1995, he has given speeches at over 600 college campuses across the U.S. He has trained teachers, corporate employees, non-profit organizations and law enforcement officers in methods for addressing and dismantling racism in their institutions...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth4 October 1968
CountryUnited States of America
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Many times people will come through the door with good intentions but may not be willing to put in the work. They just want to see some results right away.
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I think we can be a dangerous team.
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They never lower the tax rate sufficiently to get rid of the windfall profit that falls to the government.
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Stops at crucial times. That's what we need to win big games.
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If your New Year's resolution is to get in shape, that decision should be about a lifestyle change, not just a pants size change.
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The dominant group is damaged even as it receives huge benefits. You pay for the privilege and the cost is enormous.
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And let's just be honest, there is no such place called 'justice,' if by that we envision a finish line, or a point at which the battle is won and the need to continue the struggle over with. After all, even when you succeed in obtaining a measure of justice, you're always forced to mobilize to defend that which you've won. There is no looming vacation. But there is redemption in struggle.
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Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.
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Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.
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Too often, systems of oppression turn those who are the targets of the oppression against one another.
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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 literally millions of human beings whose lives have been snuffed out by people who conquered under the banner of a white god.
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Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.
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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; doing so is the first obligation of a white antiracist.
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After all, acknowledging unfairness then calls decent people forth to correct those injustices. And since most persons are at their core, decent folks, the need to ignore evidence of injustice is powerful: To do otherwise would force whites to either push for change (which they would perceive as against their interests) or live consciously as hypocrites who speak of freedom and opportunity but perpetuate a system of inequality.