White Like me
AuthorTim Wise
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherSoft Skull Press
Publication date
2007
Media typePrint
Pages176
ISBN978-1-933368-99-3
OCLC183193527
305.8/00973 22
LC ClassE185.615 .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]

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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