How does white privilege shape electoral politics and government policy?
How does white privilege shape electoral politics and government policy?
Renowned scholars Tim Wise, Michelle Alexander, Charles Ogletree and others explore this timely question in the critically acclaimed film White Like Me, laying out the story of the politics of racial resentment in America.
The film offers a fascinating look at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and it argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate institutional racism, inequality, and race-driven political resentments today.
The story White Like Me tells is as urgent today as ever, shedding much-needed light on the politics of race and racism in the United States.
Featuring acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise; Michelle Alexander, the author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness; Harvard Law Professor Charles Ogletree; Princeton University professors Imani Perry and Martin Gilens; and UMass Amherst professors John H. Bracey Jr. and Nilanjana Dasgupta.
“Wise’s political savvy, intellectual prowess, and emotional honesty make this one of the best films made on the unfinished quest for racial justice.”
ROBERT JENSEN, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
