Stop Lying to Yourself

When You Snub Panhandlers, It’s Not “For Their Own Good”

Tim Wise

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I’ve always been wary of those who insisted they were doing something (especially something harsh) for the good of the person who would bear the potential injury.

When a parent swears to their child that the spanking they intend to administer is going to hurt them more than the child, and that it’s for…

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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)