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Commentary Wise: The Color of Deception

Commentary, October, 26 2004 Tim Wise
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"A lie can travel half-way around the world while the truth is still pulling on its boots."

Commentary Wise: No Such Place as Safe

Commentary, July, 26 2004 Tim Wise
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I think I've figured out what it is I hate about those "racial dialogue" groups that seem to be springing up across the country nowadays.

Commentary Wise: Situational Ethics, Conservative-Style

Commentary, July, 08 2004 Tim Wise
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Conservatives never cease to amaze me.

Commentary Wise: Personal Responsibility is a Two-Way Street:

Commentary, June, 29 2004 Tim Wise
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Perhaps Bill Cosby should have known better.

Commentary Wise: My Life as a Resident Alien

Commentary, June, 13 2004 Tim Wise
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Despite being born in the United States and living here all of my life, I guess I'm still not really an American. For if I was, then surely I would have "felt good" when Ronald Reagan was President, since, I'm told, Reagan made Americans feel good...

Znet Article Wise: The same, only different

Znet Article, May, 13 2004 Tim Wise
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Though I have little faith in his ability to detect (or even define) irony, it would be interesting to know what the President thinks about the decision to reopen the investigation into the murder of Emmett Till in Mississippi, in 1955. Especiall...

Commentary Wise: White Whine: Reflections on the Brain-Rotting Properties of Privilege

Commentary, April, 20 2004 Tim Wise
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To truly understand a nation, a culture, or its people, it helps to know what they take for granted. After all, sometimes the things that go unspoken are more powerful than the spoken word, if for no other reason than the tendency of unspoken assu...

Commentary Wise: A Quite Deliberate Failure: Reflections on the Politics of Crime

Commentary, April, 01 2004 Tim Wise
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Though it is always difficult to predict the outcome of an election in the United States, it is quite a bit easier to make accurate pronouncements about the way in which an election campaign will unfold. No matter the candidates, certain things ar...

Commentary Wise: Of Broken Clocks and Conservatives

Commentary, March, 02 2004 Tim Wise
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There's an old saying that even a broken clock is right twice a day. Although conservative think tanks can't generally boast a record nearly that impressive, the underlying premise occasionally holds for them as well, so that once in a while they ...

Commentary Wise: Unnatural Selection

Commentary, January, 22 2004 Tim Wise
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For those who speak out against racism, learning to deal with people who disagree with you is a time-consuming process, and a talent that must be cultivated. This was made painfully clear this past week when I received an email claiming that peopl...

Znet Article Wise: Sex across the Color Line

Znet Article, January, 04 2004 Tim Wise
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This is the story of a real American tragedy. The kind they make movies about. The victim - and let there be no mistake that is the only word that fits here - is Marcus Dixon: a young man who was an 'A' student in high school, a member of the Nat...

Znet Article Wise: Content of Whose Character:

Znet Article, December, 23 2003 Tim Wise
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Content of Whose Character:

Commentary Wise: Content of Whose Character?

Commentary, December, 23 2003 Tim Wise
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One thing can be said for conservatives: they are nothing if not unoriginal.

Commentary Wise: ItÕs the Racism Stupid

Commentary, December, 08 2003 Tim Wise
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Sometimes an argument gets made with such regularity that no matter how silly, it nonetheless requires an answer. Indeed the more often it gets made, the more often it calls for rebuttal, since its repetition indicates someone just isnÕt getting i...

Commentary Wise: It’s the Racism Stupid

Commentary, December, 08 2003 Tim Wise
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Sometimes an argument gets made with such regularity that no matter how silly, it nonetheless requires an answer. Indeed the more often it gets made, the more often it calls for rebuttal, since its repetition indicates someone just isn’t g...

Commentary Wise: Anywhere but Here

Commentary, November, 09 2003 Tim Wise
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Imagine that in Germany, public officials and teachers decided to develop a school curriculum about the horrors of racism and intolerance.

Commentary Wise: Collateral Damage: Poor Whites and the Unintended Consequences of Racial Privilege

Commentary, October, 06 2003 Tim Wise
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A few years ago, a young woman who was an anti-poverty organizer in rural Kentucky asked me how she could infuse her work with an anti-racist analysis.

Commentary Wise: Overclass Blues: Reflections on the Ironies of Privilege

Commentary, September, 21 2003 Tim Wise
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The first word of this articleÕs title does not exist according to the spell check program on my computer and the dictionary on my desk. Underclass? Yes, both sources recognize and can define that term. Yet neither acknowledges that any word with ...

Commentary Wise: Resurrecting Mandingo

Commentary, August, 06 2003 Tim Wise
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When it comes to creativity, you really have to hand it to racists. Indeed, I have always been truly amazed by the twisted logic such folks can muster in order to rationalize their prejudices.

Zmag Article Wise: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

Zmag Article, August, 01 2003 Tim Wise
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It was with great relief and somewhat to my surprise, that on Monday, June 22 the Supreme Court issued its decisions on affirmative action, which, although something of a mixed bag for supporters, nonetheless must be considered a victory within th...

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