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White Like Me...

  • Writer: Ireland Cofrancesco
    Ireland Cofrancesco
  • Jul 25, 2019
  • 1 min read

Explores race and racism in the US through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we've entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a fascinating look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today.

This short video had me thinking a lot through it all since I grew up going to a very mixed school like him. I found that I related to a lot of the thoughts and issues that he witnessed and saw.

 
 
 

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