White Like Me: Race, Racism, and White Privilege in America

fter watching White Like Me: Race, Racism, and White Privilege in America, please consider the following questions. How does Wise’s background shape his perspective? What gets him more “radicalized” in his anti-racist campaign? How does he define white privilege? How have we seen this historically? What does he say it means to be white? In his opinion, what were the good and the bad aspects of Barack Obama being elected president? Do you agree with his assessment of this? What are his thoughts on the criminal justice system and its history? Why does he think that people being (or at least saying) that they are colorblind is so problematic? This film was made 9 years ago- how do you think the ideas that he was presenting have changed- or not changed- during that time? Be sure to use specific evidence from the film in order to support your ideas.