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Commentary Wise: Rebels Without a Clue: Neo-Confederacy and the Ironies of White Supremacy

Commentary, June, 06 2000 Tim Wise
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We Southerners are famous for wishful thinking: in fact, you could say it's something of a regional pastime. This should come as no surprise given our interminable heat in the summer which leaves nearly all wishing for rain to cool things down, an...

Commentary Wise: "Seeing the System: Alan Greenspan, Unemployment, and the Validation of Radical Analysis

Commentary, May, 10 2000 Tim Wise
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"What's the difference between a radical and a liberal?" It is a question I'm regularly asked at lectures, usually by college students struggling with their own sense of the world, trying desperately to figure out where they stand on the seemingly...

Commentary Wise: A Tale of Two Cities: "Rational Racism," Amadou Diallo, and Us

Commentary, March, 22 2000 Tim Wise
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They are two places that at first appear wholly unrelated to one another; but of course, rarely are things as they seem. On the one hand, we have New York City, whose police-thanks to acquittals in the Diallo shooting trial-have been given carte b...

Commentary Wise: "When Anti-Racism Strikes Out"

Commentary, February, 26 2000 Tim Wise
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When it comes to discussions of racism, or any other kind of "ism" for that matter, sometimes we miss the forest for the trees. Such was the case recently when it was reported that Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker had cut loose with a str...

Commentary Wise: Resolutions for Radicals

Commentary, January, 26 2000 Tim Wise
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I don't normally make New Year's resolutions, or use the new year as an excuse for significant reflection on the one just ended. But this year, I'm making an exception. After all, we have (arguably, I know) entered a new millennium: and the end of...

Commentary Wise: Springing the "Diversity Trap"

Commentary, January, 11 2000 Tim Wise
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You know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-called progressives make him sound that way, thanks to their own pathetic gesticulations on one or another issue.

Commentary Wise: "Springing the Diversity Trap"

Commentary, December, 16 1999 Tim Wise
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You know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-callYou know you're in trouble when Ronald Reagan starts to sound progressive. And you really know you're in trouble when so-c...

Commentary Wise: The Trouble With Tolerance

Commentary, November, 27 1999 Tim Wise
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They came in the mail again, even though I never ordered them: those personal address labels that say "teach tolerance" -sent out by the Southern Poverty Law Center: America's favorite civil rights group. The one run by Morris Dees: America's favo...

Commentary Wise: Kill First, Ask Questions Later

Commentary, October, 15 1999 Tim Wise
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It's been nearly four decades since the last execution in Tennessee. During that time, my state has resisted boarding the killing train engineered by folks in places like Florida and Texas, where execution has been refined to a near science, appli...

Commentary Wise: The Kids are all White

Commentary, August, 26 1999 Tim Wise
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Let me get this straight: if people of color respond to an unjust verdict in a police brutality trial, not to mention years of racial and economic oppression, by taking to the streets, burning stuff, looting stores and engaging in assorted violenc...

Commentary Wise: Hate Crimes

Commentary, August, 12 1999 Tim Wise
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There is no question so irrelevant as the one to which all or nearly all can respond in like fashion. Thus, asking people their views on child molestation, or whether or not they'd like the schools to be "better" has always seemed absurd: like ask...

Commentary Wise: Whiteness and the Recollection of History

Commentary, July, 03 1999 Tim Wise
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For the writer, there's nothing so frustrating as to sit in front of a keyboard and find oneself at a loss for words. To know there are a million things which need saying, and yet, you can't think of even one. Having experienced this often, I've d...

Zmag Article Wise: Exploring the Depths of Racist Socialization

Zmag Article, July, 01 1999 Tim Wise
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Exploring the Depths of Racist Socialization

Commentary Wise: The Threat of a Good Example

Commentary, June, 20 1999 Tim Wise
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Occasionally when I'm speaking to college students, attempting to inspire at least a few to commit themselves to social justice as a way of life and perhaps career, I'm asked the question for which there is no easy answer; the one that goes: "What...

Commentary Wise: The Devil Made 'Em Do It: Social Crisis and the Misuse of Faith in America

Commentary, June, 01 1999 Tim Wise
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I mean, what does one do if Satan really is the author of all this unhappiness? IÕm pretty sure that at that point gun laws and conflict resolution training become sortaÕ useless.

Commentary Wise: Famous Last Words

Commentary, April, 24 1999 Tim Wise
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Every now and then a lesson comes easy. Other times we learn things by accident, if at all. And inevitably it seems, the lessons that matter most, often come from the least likely sources, and at the most inopportune moments.

Commentary Wise: White America's Dirty Little Secrets

Commentary, April, 01 1999 Tim Wise
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Sometimes itÕs best to just tell the truth. Even when it makes folks angry. In fact, particularly then, because itÕs at precisely those times that the truth is obviously most in need of being spokenÐotherwise resistance to it probably wouldnÕt be ...

Commentary Wise: Kill First, Ask Questions Later

Commentary, March, 15 1999 Tim Wise
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It's been nearly four decades since the last execution in Tennessee. During that time, my state has resisted boarding the killing train engineered by folks in places like Florida and Texas, where execution has been refined to a near science, appli...

Commentary Wise: Racism and "Preferential Treatment" by the Numbers

Commentary, March, 13 1999 Tim Wise
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Anyone who does political analysis, advocacy or organizing knows that folks on all sides of an issue have "numbers." Trotting out statistics to prove one's point about something is a well-accepted practice, and yet rarely do we stop to think about...

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