Tim Wise
May 13, 2021

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I have never focused on shaming people for systemic problems. My books and essays have always placed the emphasis on systemic injustice and how that warps us as people. When I discuss privilege I discuss it as an outgrowth of systems of inequity, for which we are not to blame but over which we should take responsibility. Responsibility and guilt are not the same. I have made that point for 30 years. If you missed it it’s because you saw what you wanted to see…

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Tim Wise
Tim Wise

Written by Tim Wise

Senior Fellow, African American Policy Forum, critical race theorist, and author of 9 books on racism and racial inequity in the U.S.

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