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In this interview, Tim Wise discusses his latest book, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America, and the nation's culture of cruelty with regard to those in need...

Connections - KGNU Boulder - Tim Wise on America's Culture of Cruelty

In this brief clip from Tim Wise's recent appearance w/Dolewite on Nashville's 101.1 The Beat, Wise responds to common white deflections about racism, and explores the selective way in which white Americans choose to remember (or forget) certain aspects of our history.

Tim Wise on Racism and the Selectivity of White Memory (101.1 The Beat w/Dolewite)

In this brief clip during his conversation w/Dolewite (101.1 The Beat in Nashville), Tim Wise explains the importance of saying "Black lives matter," and responds to the absurd claims by some that BLM and the movement for police reform and accountability is "waging a war on cops."

Tim Wise on the Pushback to Black Lives Matter (101.1 The Beat w/Dolewite)

In this clip, from his conversation w/Dolewite (101.1 The Beat in Nashville), Tim Wise discusses the proven racial disproportionality of police misconduct in communities of color and responds to those who claim there is no such disparity or that such disparities are justified by crime rates in black and brown spaces

Tim Wise on What the Evidence Says About Policing and Race (101.1 The Beat w/Dolewite)

In this clip, from his conversation with Dolewite (101.1 The Beat, in Nashville), Tim Wise responds to the common argument that black folks should spend less time worrying about police brutality and more time addressing "black on black crime."

Tim Wise on the "Black on Black Crime" Deflection (101.1 The Beat w/Dolewite)

From my September 2011 speech at Spalding University in Louisville. In this clip I discuss the way in which the U.S. clearly prioritizes incarceration over education, and analyze the systemic logic -- however twisted -- of inequality, and how it is "rational" from the perspective of those who benefit from the economic status quo...

Schools, Prisons and the Disturbing Logic of Inequality (2011)

From my September 2011 talk at Spalding University in Louisville, KY. In this snippet, I respond to a question about how we should understand or think about biracial and multiracial folks' experiences in a system of racism/white supremacy.

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