soc101

We had a chance to watch a moving lecture delivered by Tim Wise. I  have also posted additional information regarding Privilege. After  reviewing the posted materials and reflecting on Tim WIse's lecture,  prepare a one page response to the following discussion prompt...

Complaints about racism still dominate media discussion of the  disparity between black and white success. Comedian Chris Rock tells  white audiences, "None of ya would change places with me! And I'm rich!  That's how good it is to be white!"

It was assumed that  the success of Barack Obama, as well as thousands of other black  Americans and dark-skinned immigrants -- many of whom thrive despite  language problems -- demonstrates that America today is largely a  color-blind meritocracy. But a white campus lecturer, Tim Wise (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.,  gets tremendous applause from students by saying things like, "[W]hite  supremacy and privilege continue to skew opportunities hundreds of years  after they were set in place" and in America, "meritocracy is as close  to a lie as you can come."