Heritage Lecture Series
Tim Wise
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son...
Thursday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m.
The Cooperage, Sonoma State University
Tim Wise's Official Website
Wikipedia - Tim Wise
Tim Wise the critically acclaimed anti-racist author and activist will be visiting Sonoma State University to share his story and perspectives based on his book, "White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son" on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the SSU Cooperage. This special event is FREE and open to the public.
Tim Wise offers a highly personal examination of the ways in which racial privilege shapes the lives of most white Americans, overtly racist or not, to the detriment of people of color, themselves, and society. Wise examines the breadth and depth of the phenomenon within institutions such as education, employment, housing, criminal justice, and healthcare. Wise provides a rich memoir that will inspire activists, educators, or anyone interested in understanding the way that race continues to shape the experiences of people in the U.S.
Wise is the author of "White Like Me: Reflections on race from a Privileged Son," and "Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White".
"White Like Me is the most important memoir by a white person about how race and racism affect everyday life since Louis Mark Stalvey's, The Education of the WASP."
- James Loewen, best selling author "Lies My Father Told Me"
"In Affirmative Action, Wise does a superb job of making his point and then providing ample evidence, both legal and statistical, to support it..."
- Education Review
Tim Wise has appeared on ESPN, 20/20, CNN, MSNBC, and Donahue.
A graduate of Tulane University in political science, Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S. and has been called "One of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation," by best selling author and professor Michael Eric Dyson, of the University of Pennsylvania. Wise has spoken in 48 states, and on over 400 college campuses, including Harvard, Stanford, and the law schools at Yale and Columbia, and has spoken to community groups around the country. He has trained corporate, educational, government, military and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions.
"White Like Me" is brought to you by Associated Students Productions, Center for Culture, Gender & Sexuality and the SSU Student Union.
