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Tim Wise is one of the great public moralists in America today. In his bracing new book, Under the Affluence, he brilliantly engages the roots and ramifications of radical inequality in our nation, carefully detailing the heartless war against the poor and the swooning addiction to the rich that exposes the moral sickness at the heart of our culture. Wises stirring analysis of our predicament is more than a disinterested social scientific treatise; this book is a valiant call to arms against the vicious practices that undermine the best of the American ideals we claim to cherish. Under the Affluence is vintage Tim Wise: smart, sophisticated, conscientious, and righteously indignant at the betrayal of millions of citizens upon whose backs the American Dream rests. This searing testimony for the most vulnerable in our nation is also a courageous cry for justice that we must all heed. Michael Eric Dyson, author of The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America

Tim Wise is one of Americas most prolific public intellectuals. His critically acclaimed books, high-profile media interviews, and year-round speaking schedule have established him as an invaluable voice in any discussion on issues of race and multicultural democracy.

In Under the Affluence, Wise discusses a related issue: economic inequality and the demonization of those in need. He reminds us that there was a time when the hardship of fellow Americans stirred feelings of sympathy, solidarity for struggling families, and support for policies and programs meant to alleviate poverty. Today, however, mainstream discourse blames people with low income for their own situation, and the notion of an intractable culture of poverty has pushed our country in an especially ugly direction.

Tim Wise argues that far from any culture of poverty, it is the culture of predatory affluence that deserves the blame for Americas simmering economic and social crises. He documents the increasing contempt for the nations poor, and reveals the forces at work to create and perpetuate it. With clarity, passion and eloquence, he demonstrates how Americas myth of personal entitlement based on merit is inextricably linked to pernicious racial bigotry, and he points the way to greater compassion, fairness, and economic justice.

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To pay attention to the American political process, and what the candidates for this nations highest office have to say and not say about the issues that are of importance to them and thus we are to presume importance to the Nation, you would get the impression that the issue of race, that the issue of racism, that the issue of discrimination, and certainly that the issue of white racial privilege were non existent issues; that they were of really no importance, or that of very little importance, because you will not hear and have not heard any of the candidates for the presidency of the United States, in either party, of whatever political ideology, make this an issue. Yes,they talk about poverty and occasionally they talk about schooling and education. They talk about healthcare. They talk about all of those things, but not once have any of those candidates tried to directly connect the role that racism, the role that racial discrimination, the role that institutional racial oppression and white privilege play in regard to health care, in regard to housing, in regard to schooling. It is as if those issues exist in a vacuum and have no relationship to color, have no relationship to race, have no relationship to a history of racial subordination. Tim Wise

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Tim Wise is a self-described antiracist essayist whose career is devoted to condemning the white racism and white privilege which, in his view,infest America. He also serves as aBoard of Advisorsmember for Grassroots International.

Wise was born in Nashville, Tennessee in October 1968. He attended Tulane University, where he served as a leader of the campus anti-apartheid movement, pressuringthe school to divest its assets from U.S. companies that conducted anybusiness with the South African government. When Tulane failed to comply, Wise in 1988persuadedArchbishop Desmond Tutu to turn down an honorary degree which the universitywas planningto award him. Wise graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Latin American Studies.

In the early 1990s, Wise received training as an antiracist activist from the New Orleans-based People's Institute for Survival and Beyond (PISB). Challenging its trainees to analyze the structures of power and privilege that hinder social equity, PISB contends that racism is the single most critical barrier to building effective coalitions for social change.

Wises first job in the field came as the youth coordinator for the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism, which was originally founded to help defeat the political ambitions of Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard, David Duke. From 1999 to 2003, Wise served as an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute.

In January 2002, Wise endorsed War Times, an anti-Iraq War newspaper produced by a group of San Francisco leftists, most of whom were affiliated with the radical organizations STORM and the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). At a CCDS national convention six months later, Wise spoke on the topic, "Racism in the Present Era."

Though he held no graduate degree of any kind, in 2005 Wise served as an adjunct faculty member at the Smith College School for Social Work, where he co-taught a Master's-level class on racism in the United States.

Wise is the founder and director of the Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE). Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, AWAREs mission is to educate white Americans about ongoing institutional racism in society; to raise awareness among whites to the harmful effects racism has on people of color and themselves; and to provide the tools for whites to support equity and justice.

Wise has parlayed his racial angst into a speaking career that has included stops at more than 350 college campuses across the United States, where he lectures about the need to combat institutional racism, gender bias, and the growing gap between rich and poor in the U.S. Viewing America as a nation overrun by white racists ever-eager to ambush blacks and other minorities,Wise defines the American experience as an exercise in white privilege which can be countered only by an enlightened vanguard of antiracist whites such as himself.

Regularly posting his columns and opinion pieces on Z-Mag, Wise claims that theever-increasingprosperity of the black middle class since the 1980s is essentially a meaningless statistical trick, and that blacks should receive preferential treatment in employment and academia.

Wise charges that U.S. troops in Iraq are in violation of Article 54 of the Geneva Convention, by which [i]t is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as food, water, or livestock.

Wise has made evident his rabid anti-Catholicism, manifest in sardonic criticisms of the pope, of the Churchs position on abortion, and of the pedophilia scandal that rocked the Church.

Wise has compared Americas founding fathers to the Mujahadeen of Afghanistan

Wise is an incessant critic of Israel, which he views as a racist colonizer of Palestine; he alleges that Israels possession of nuclear weapons should be considered no more acceptable than the potential acquisition of such an arsenal by the mullahs of Iran.

Wise loathes capitalism; he finds the U.S. prison system racist; he urges a complete overhaul of the criminal-justice system; and he advocates reparations not only to the descendants of slaves, but to all people of color.

Preceding the 2004 presidential election, Wise was a signatory to Bush Can Be Stopped: A Letter to the Left, which aimed to prevent the re-election of George W. Bush. The letter also appealedfor public supportfor such organizations as MoveOn,U.S. Labor Against War,United for Peace and Justice, and Win Without War. Wise's fellow signers includedLeslie Cagan, Noam Chomsky, Carl Davidson, Angela Davis, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Manning Marable, Robert Meeropol, Michael Ratner,and Pete Seeger.

Wise characterized the American governments allegedly slow response to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the heavily black city of New Orleans in 2005, as follows:

...[I]n the wake of Hurricane Katrina, government at all levels and across party lines has engaged in ethnic cleansing in New Orleans, failing to provide rental assistance to the mostly black tenant base for over a year, plotting to tear down 5,000 perfectly usable units of public housing, failing to restart the city's public health care infrastructure, and even ordering the Red Cross not to provide relief in the first few days after the city flooded in September 2005, so as to force evacuation and empty out the city

In 2008, Wise maintained that the nomination of Senator Barack Obama as the Democrat presidential candidate could not be interpretedas evidence that America had become a land of opportunity for blacks as well as whites. Rather, pointing to the fact that Obama had largely avoided focusing on race-related issues in hiscampaign, Wise concluded that racism was in fact more prevalent than ever. In a March 2008 essay titled Uh-Obama: Racism, White Voters and the Myth of Color-Blindness, Wise wrote:

Surely, that Obama is constrained in his ability to focus any real attention on these matters, suggests that whatever his success may say about America and race, one thing it utterly fails to say is that we have conquered the racial demons that have so long bedeviled us. And to the extent he must remain relatively silent about these issues, lest he find his political ascent headed in a decidedly different direction, it is true, however ironic, that his success actually confirms the salience of white power. If, in order to be elected, a man of color has to pander to white folks, in ways that no white politician would ever have to do to people who were black or brown, then white privilege and white power remain operative realities ... His success, far from disproving white power and privilege, confirms it with a vengeance.

In an October 11, 2008 blog entry, Wise warned that an age of fascism would arise if Republican candidate John McCain were to be elected President in the upcoming election. Wrote Wise:

If fascism comes, it will spring from the soil of middle America, from people known as values voters but whose values are toxic, from simple folk whose simplicity, far from being admirable, is better labeled ignorance, from all-American types whose patriotism is a dagger pointed at the very heart of the national interest ... If fascism comes, it will be ushered in by tailgaters at the big football game, by Joe Six Pack ... If fascism comes it will dress like a hockey mom, or a NASCAR dad ... If fascism comes it will have a pajama party at Ann Coulter's house, pop pills with Rush Limbaugh, and go gay-bashing with Michael Savage, all in the same weekend.

In 2009, Wise was affiliated with Progressives for Obama, which later changed its name to Progressive America Rising.

Wise is the author of three books: White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (2005); Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White (2005); and Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male (2008). He has also contributed to an anthology titled White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism (2001).

Wise received the 2001 British Diversity Award and the 2002 National Youth Advocacy Coalitions Social Justice Impact Award. Michael Eric Dyson has called him one of the most brilliant, articulate and courageous critics of white privilege in the nation.

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IN THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING WORLD OF CONNECTIVITY AND THE CLOUDWE'RE THE INSIDERS.

Advocate is an IT Consulting and Managed Services firm that helps global enterprises transform and optimize their cloud and connectivity infrastructure. To accurately assess their infrastructure, identify whats currently best-in-class, and figure out how to get there faster, companies need an insiders perspective. Thats exactly what Advocate brings to the table. As Cloud & Connectivity Insiders, we have more data to work with which is why we deliver, on average, 25 percent savings and a 10 to 1 Return on Investment. Our insider approach is the reason why over 550 companies have chosen to work with us.

In his role as President, Tim is responsible for overall business strategy and operations for Advocate. Tim provides vision and inspires innovation in the Advocate team to continue to drive growth and meaningful results for Advocate clients.

August 2012 Present (3 years 4 months)Greater Atlanta Area

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Tim Wise had some sort of meltdown on Facebook recently, for which he later apologized. But this meltdown reveals more than someone angry at critics. Look, if he spouted the rhetoric that he does in a different context, not one where he is paid to be some sort of anti-racism educator and speaker, then I would still critique the White supremacy and White privilege and at times racism that shapes his responses to criticism. But he isnt some random banker or right wing pundit or someone I critique but realize that the context of their espoused ideology is distant from mine. This is a person who claims expertise on that which he does not live yet rejects criticism. But rejecting criticism when youre in a place of privilege is very dangerous especially when you do justice work.

This is a part of what he recently wrote on Facebook. How someone can claim to be anti-racism yet writes this is beyond me:

And this is whats funnyevery second that fools troll my site, complaining about how I take up all the antiracist space so they cant be heard, is a moment they arent setting up their own website, blog, or writing their own bookbut they wanna blame me for why no one knows who they areits not on me sweetheart..plenty of people of color get book deals and speaking gigs each yearif u didnt its not on meits cuz u havent said anything that anyone finds valuabledeal with that rather than wasting time trollingMaybe another POC blew up your spot rather than meever think of that? No, of course notcuz that would require critical thought rather than simplistic hater bs and stuff u can put on tumblrseriously, its time for people to be told to step offfeel free to jump off the page trolls.or I can bounce youand would love totrust me, u will lose this beef..badly

1) This comment ignores the role of White, male and class privilege and their effects on exposure, publication, platform, incomeeven being listened to as an authority on Black experiences. Him ignoring this is endorsing White supremacy and is a product of his White male privilege. And before anyone claims that any Black person who wants to earn money for our own work is an evil capitalist (yet Tim Wise can without such a label) or that any Black person who does this work wants White approval or are jealous of his platform, see these for context: Exploitation of Black Womens LaborIn The Name of Feminism or Justice? Please. and How EVERYONE Works Together To Silence Women of Colours Critiques of Mainstream Feminism.

2) Implying that another person of colour could have took their spot is based on the myth of equal spots available for persons treated equally. This ignores the role of institutional racism on literallyeverything. But he has one point here. Yes, perhaps another person of colour DID get the spot he speaks of BUT ONLY because White supremacy allows tokens, not real diversity in any space.

3) cuz u havent said anything that anyone finds valuabledeal with that rather than wasting time trolling. So he ignores the role that White supremacy plays on the very concept of value. If value was based on merit and work, then cultural appropriation wouldnt exist or be a problem. No one would think anything done by someone White is automatically more valuable and better, even if that work or idea was straight up stolen or re-purposed for a White voice. This is White privilege and White supremacy in his thinking, working together here. When mainstream publications plagiarize and content troll my work, yet the same ones reject my submissions, that proves that the content is not the question. The messenger is. And is he really saying that his content on what he doesnt experience is automatically better than content from those who do experience racism? Really? How White supremacist of him.

4) He mentions stuff u can put on tumblr. Hi White, male and class privilege with power, platform and money. Yes, some of us use Tumblr because we do not have access to other spaces and while our content here is repeatedly stolen and used in the mainstream, the space we put it on is denigrated? The idea that our blogs exist just to hate on him, not discuss how racism impacts our lives, even when racism comes from allies is amazing here.

5) or I can bounce youand would love totrust me, u will lose this beef..badly Were so glad that he has so much White male power and needed to remind everyone that he can flex it. Believe me, I know that Black people who speak out against racism have lost quite a bit while Whites, whether they are as racist as day or profit from being anti-racism win. This would be White supremacy, again. And to be appropriative of AAVE and call criticism of his work a beef just annoys me.

And lets be clear, I do NOT support anyone physically threatening him versus critiquing his words and actions. I dont support that towards anyone. But, I have watched this man for years reply to women of colour (if he even replies; usually only worship from people of colour is responded to) with ignorance and hostility and reject criticism from anyone. Others have seen this as well. He seems to think that he is excluded from the White privilege and White supremacy he speaks of as if his work has put him into a place where he can no longer be critiqued. This is unacceptable and incredibly dangerous. And this is justice work? Comments like his above? This is comical to me. People will suggest critiquing the kyriarchy and the patriarchy etc. not allies as if doing the latter harms the movements. The irony is allies EMBODY oppressors actions all of the time and that has to be critiqued just as well. There is no off limit space.

And yeah yeah, I know the type of Black people who worship this man will come to my blog with tears and insults and will explain how I should worship him too. The only problem is I already wrote about this so I am not interested in their view at the moment. They can read this though: Pop Culture, Social Justice and Race: When Black People Love Whiteness More Than Fellow Black People. And there was a time many years ago when I thought his work was okay (though I still did not place his words over anyone Black and especially not over any Black women), but the abusive parade he continues on while being worshiped above those who LIVE racism is too much for me.

For the Black people who dont do this and for everyone else who is aware of how problematic it is for a White man to use his anti-racism work as a shield to protect himself from criticism and then use White supremacist rhetoric to justify why his own White privilege is off limits from critique, you can view more reading on the topic here, here and here. In the same way that I do not accept any abusive men calling themselves feminist to avoid critique or accept any racist, White supremacist White women calling themselves feminist to avoid critique, I do not accept Tim Wise as an ally. He is no ally of mine. And the word ally is given by Black people, not taken by Whites.

Being an ally is a process not an identity. - @FeministGriote

As far as how anti-racism educators can address this problem where someone White learns a bit and profits a bit and then tries to dominate discourse while being abusive, a mutual follow on Twitter @ChrisMacDen mentioned:

I think you have to set up the dynamics such that Whites cannot do that. I have seen it done but it has to be intentional. As someone who does this work, I dont get why other facilitators dont plan on that. We know that crap will come up. Nip it. I realize now that there are lots of crappy facilitators doing this work and they do more harm. We know the dynamics of internalized domination. We know its going to play out. Again, plan for interrupting itpublicly. I feel passionately about this because it gives us who do this work thoughtfully a bad name. And it hurts marginalized folks.

I dont think it is impossible for White people to engage in anti-racism work. I just question why doesnt this seem possible without White privilege, racism, White supremacy and general abusiveness being involved in how an anti-racism educator/speaker engages. As I mentioned before, allies are still privileged, dont forget it. But allies words and actions need to DIFFER from the oppressor. Tim Wises do not differ.

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