White Like Me

{{Short description|2007 book by Tim Wise}}

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| author = Tim Wise

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Memoir

| publisher = Soft Skull Press

| release_date = 2007

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| media_type = Print

| pages = 176

| isbn = 978-1-933368-99-3

| dewey = 305.8/00973 22

| congress = E185.615 .W565 2008

| oclc = 183193527

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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son is a book by activist and writer Tim Wise. It is a personal account examining white privilege and his conception of racism in American society through his experiences with his family and in his community.{{cite journal|last=Cabrera|first=Nolan L.|title=Working through Whiteness: White male college students challenging racism|journal=The Review of Higher Education|year=2012|volume=35|issue=3|pages=375–401|url=http://works.bepress.com/nolan_l_cabrera/1/|doi=10.1353/rhe.2012.0020|s2cid=143728144|url-access=subscription}} The title is based on the book Black Like Me written by John Howard Griffin.{{cite news|url=https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/white-like-me-interview-by-tim-wise/|title=White Like Me, Interview|date=January 14, 2005|newspaper=ZNet}}

Film adaptation

In 2013, the book was adapted into a documentary film.{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/16/white_like_me_movie_with_tim_wise_should_be_seen_by_all_especially_white.html|date=2013|title=White Like Me|work=Slate}}{{cite web|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/51c476e0fe34444db000049b|title=White Like Me|work=HuffPost}} The film was financed through a successful Kickstarter campaign.{{cite web|title=White Like Me|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mef/white-like-me-a-film-featuring-tim-wise|publisher=Kickstarter}} Wise looks at the subject of ethnicity in the United States.

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