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Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From An Angry White Male (2008)

by Tim Wise(Favorite Author)

4.11 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1593762070 (ISBN13: 9781593762070)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Soft Skull Press

review 1: great book of essays on racism. style was debunking common white arguments against racism - thnks like "why dont we have a national association for advancement of white people?" Answer: we do- it is called ocngress- then he backs up the response- as a white man who has benefited from white privilege it was nice to have a primer where I could find out what that really means. he did have one or two knee jerk pieces that were unsupported and or not well thought out- his brief diatribe against christians- I mean thre is a lot there to talk about, but that is a differnt book and really did the author disservice to try to cover it in one or two pages. The other was a piece on wage disparity, which was a great piece, but his solution of have a worldwide set labor wage was not o... morenly impossible, it stood out as the one crazy suggestion in a otherwise excellent book. I found myself thinking "yes, and every 9 year old girl should get a pony and a princess dress too."
review 2: This is a collection of Wise's speeches/essays from 2000 to May 2008. I was able to read only a few in the 14 days the library allowed me, but I've read enough to know I'm going to buy the book and read more. And keep it on the shelf as a reference. It helped me articulate what bothers me about the surge of support of the youngish senator from Illinois: "Obama's rise has owed almost everything to his ability ...... to 'transcend' race, which is really a way of saying his ability to carve out an exception for himself in the minds of whites....His success, far from disproving white power and privilege, confirms it with a vengeance." Also, I wish I'd had this book when there was an uproar at Oregon State (and Smith, and so many other colleges) about students wearing blackface. What's so wrong with it? students wanted to know. This book would have given me better words to explain.I shouldn't criticize a book I haven't finished, but there seems to be only one chapter that considers "race" and class together. If that's true it's a serious lack, and a sad loss to the reader considering Wise's keen analytical abilities. less

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