Talking Points # 8

Tim Wise, "Whites Swim in Racial Preference

Premise

• White
• Privelege
• Rights
• Power
• Laws
• Value
• Families
• Race

Argument

Wise argues that whites have privilege in this country, and are un aware that they do. They are living with it everyday.

Evidence

1. Affirmative action for whites was the guiding principle of segregation.
2. White America is the biggest collective recipient of racial preference in the history of the cosmos
3. White families, on average, have a net worth that is 11 times the net worth of black families.

Comments

This was an easy article to read, I liked the beginning; how the author opened up with the fish comment. I do agree that whites do take privilege for granted, but it is not their faults, it is what they are used to. I'm sure some do recognize it. I think it was sad that a black man in 2003 is still making less than white men were earning in 1967.