White Like Me

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White Like me
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Author Tim Wise
LanguageEnglish
Genre Memoir
Publisher Soft Skull Press
Publication date
 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
Pages176
ISBN 978-1-933368-99-3
OCLC 183193527
305.8/00973 22
LC Class E185.615 .W565 2008

White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son is a book by activist and writer Tim Wise. It is a personal account examining white privilege and his conception of racism in American society through his experiences with his family and in his community. [1] The title is based on the book Black Like Me written by John Howard Griffin. [2]

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Film adaptation

In 2013, the book was adapted into a documentary film. [3] [4] The film was financed through a successful Kickstarter campaign. [5] Wise looks at the subject of ethnicity in the United States.

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