Tim Wise

thumb|Tim Wise in 2011 Timoth Jacob Wise (born October 4, 1968) is an American anti-racism activist and writer. Quotes Whereas “nigger” was and is a term used by whites to dehumanize blacks, to imply their inferiority, to “put them in their place” if you will, the same cannot be said of honky: after all, you can’t put white people in their place when they own the place to begin with. A Look at the Myth of Reverse Racism (2002) In the pantheon of American history, conservative old white people have pretty much always been the bad guys, the keepers of the hegemonic and reactionary flame, the folks unwilling to share the category of American with others on equal terms. Fine, keep it up. It doesn’t matter. Because you’re on the endangered list. And unlike, say, the bald eagle or some exotic species of muskrat, you are not worth saving. An Open Letter to the White Right, On the Occasion of Your Recent, Successful Temper Tantrum (2010) In forty years or so, maybe fewer, there won’t be any more white people around who actually remember that Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, Opie-Taylor-Down-at-the-Fishing Hole cornpone bullshit that you hold so near and dear to your heart. There won’t be any more white folks around who think the 1950s were the good old days, because there won’t be any more white folks around who actually remember them, and so therefore, we’ll be able to teach about them accurately and honestly. An Open Letter to the White Right, On the Occasion of Your Recent, Successful Temper Tantrum (2010) In about forty years, half the country will be black or brown. And there is nothing you can do about it. And by then you will have gone all in as a white nationalist movement — hell you’ve all but done that now — thus guaranteeing that the folks of color, and even a decent size minority of us white folks will be able to crush you, election after election, from the Presidency on down to the 8th grade student council. Like I said, this is math. And numbers don’t lie. An Open Letter to the White Right, On the Occasion of Your Recent, Successful Temper Tantrum (2010) External links Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Anti-racism activists Category:Civil rights activists Category:Anti-fascists Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:People from Nashville