num_pages: 352
description: Essays on racial flashpoints white denial violence and the manipulation of fear in America today. Drawing on events from the killing of Trayvon Martin to the Black Lives Matter protests last summer Wise calls to account his fellow white citizens and exhorts them to combat racist power structures . The New York Times  What Tim Wise has brilliantly done is to challenge white folks' truth to see that they have a responsibility to do more than sit back and watch but to recognize their own role in co-creating a fair inclusive truly democratic society. Michelle Alexander  author of The New Jim Crow Tim Wise's new book gives us the tools we need to reach people whose understanding of our country is white instead of right. And without pissing them off! James W. Loewen author Lies My Teacher Told Me  Tim Wise's latest is more urgent than ever .  Heather Ann Thompson Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and its Legacy A white social justice advocate clearly shows how racism is America's core crisis. A trenchant assessment of our nations ills.  * Kirkus Reviews  Starred Review  [ Dispatches from the Race War ] is a bracing call to action in a moment of social unrest. Publishers Weekly  Dispatches from the Race War exhorts white Americans to join the struggle for a fairer society . Chapter 16 In this collection of essays renowned social-justice advocate Tim Wise confronts racism in contemporary America. Seen through the lens of major flashpoints during the Obama and Trump years Dispatches from the Race War faces the consequences of white supremacy in all its forms. This includes a discussion of the bigoted undertones of the Tea Partys backlash the killing of Trayvon Martin current day anti-immigrant hysteria the rise of openly avowed white nationalism the violent policing of African Americans and more. Wise devotes a substantial portion of the book to explore the racial ramifications of COVID-19 and the widespread protests which followed the police murder of George Floyd. Concise accessible chapters most written in first-person offer an excellent source for those engaged in the anti-racism struggle. Tim Wises proactive approach asks white allies to contend withand take responsibility fortheir own role in perpetuating racism against Blacks and people of color. Dispatches from the Race War reminds us that the story of our country is the history of racial conflict and that our future may depend on howor ifwe can resolve it. To accept racism is quintessentially American writes Wise to rebel against it is human. Be human.
language: English
title: Dispatches from the Race War
publisher: City Lights Publishers