Time Wise Tim Wise Analysis

I attended the Time Wise lecture on Tuesday, October 11th where Tim Wise spoke about racism and discrimination in America. Tim was a very uplifting speaker who talked about very raw subjects that many of us simply avoid. He spoke about racism, and how it is in-fact not a thing of the past. He talked about LGBTQ groups and other groups we look at as minorities. Tim talked about everything we talk about in Women’s studies but just to a heightened degree. He raised his voice when he became more passionate, he spoke more graphically than we can really talk in the classroom and he also called out the leaders of our country. He focused a lot on how we see or more than that, don’t see African American people in our society. We tend to still stereotype them as “thugs” and “low-lives” and as the people who stole our jobs. But, really, they are human beings too and they deserve jobs just the same as any other person on this earth. The only difference between Caucasian people and African Americans is the pigment in their skin, so, that makes them less than us? How screwed up is that! Tim also touched on the black lives matter movement that has seemed to shake the nation. He explained that of course this doesn’t mean that not all lives …show more content…
He talked about how we as Americans are so quick to judge this minority as well. For what reason? Because once again, they don’t look the same as you? And just because they are from a different country does not mean they didn’t come here legally. Many of these citizens work just as hard as you, if not harder, so get off your pedestal and stop acting like you are above them for the mere fact that your skin is white. Tim made the amazing comparison that many white people (especially men), will think they are more similar to men like Donald Trump or the Walton brothers than they are to someone who has a different skin color. I am not sure I have ever heard anything more