I Was No Angel Either

A few thoughts for those who still deny white privilege

Tim Wise

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He was no angel. You’ll hear it said pretty much every time a person of color is killed by law enforcement.

Even if they weren’t attacking the officer at the time or posing a direct threat. Even if they weren’t armed. Even if, as with Walter Scott, they were running away from the officer and shot in the back.

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Tim Wise

Anti-racism educator and author of 9 books, including White Like Me and, most recently, Dispatches from the Race War (City Lights, December 2020)