White Like Me Tim Wise Analysis

Tim Wise’s chapter “White Like Me: Race and Identity Through Majority Eyes” summarizes how race today is conceptualized. He tells a story about how he was actively receiving the perks of being white and collaborating with the system of white supremacy, even if he did not want to. He then speaks about privilege and how it has been the thing that has helped through school, getting a job, at parties and during activism. “Donald Trump and the Fall of Whiteness” starts off talking about how white supremacy is coming to an end. Which is good because this is what has caused a divide in racial differences and the cause of discrimination. We can see that white supremacy started to end when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States of America. This election alone won’t end that; it did however create new social …show more content…
A majority of white voters chose to elect Donald Trump as the president because white people wanted to gain their white rights back. Trump was a supported of sending minorities back to the countries they were born in to eliminate the diversity. These white people agreed with him and in the end voted for him and he won. Of Trumps supporters they have been seen as racist and pro-white supremacy. The aftermath of the election has caused people of different races to split even more and become separate. From looking at aftermath of the election it has caused more harm then anything. There has been rallies, protest and violence because minorities are petrified that they will be forced out of a country that they have made their homes and where in the Declaration of Independence it is stated, “All men are created equal.” This is now a phrase that is untrue to most. In the end, I believe that everyone should come together to end white supremacy and that everyone is equal and is believed to have equal rights in America