Dispatches from the Race War

By: Tim Wise

Narrated by: Tim Wise

Essays on racial flashpoints, white denial, violence, and the manipulation of fear in America today.

"Drawing on events from the killing of Trayvon Martin to the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, Wise calls to account his fellow white citizens and exhorts them to combat racist power structures." (The New York Times)

“What Tim Wise has brilliantly done is to challenge white folks' truth to see that they have a responsibility to do more than sit back and watch, but to recognize their own role in co-creating a fair, inclusive, truly democratic society.” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow)

"Tim Wise's new book gives us the tools we need to reach people whose understanding of our country is white instead of right. And without pissing them off!" (James W. Loewen, author, Lies My Teacher Told Me)

"Tim Wise's latest is more urgent than ever. " (Heather Ann Thompson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy)

"A white social justice advocate clearly shows how racism is America's core crisis. A trenchant assessment of our nation’s ills." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

"[Dispatches from the Race War] is a bracing call to action in a moment of social unrest." (Publishers Weekly)

"Dispatches from the Race War exhorts white Americans to join the struggle for a fairer society." (Chapter 16)

In this collection of essays, renowned social-justice advocate Tim Wise confronts racism in contemporary America. Seen through the lens of major flashpoints during the Obama and Trump years, Dispatches from the Race War faces the consequences of white supremacy in all its forms. This includes a discussion of the bigoted undertones of the Tea Party’s backlash, the killing of Trayvon Martin, current-day anti-immigrant hysteria, the rise of openly avowed white nationalism, the violent policing of African Americans, and more.

Wise devotes a substantial portion of the book to explore the racial ramifications of COVID-19 and the widespread protests that followed the police murder of George Floyd.

Concise, accessible chapters, most written in first-person, offer an excellent source for those engaged in the anti-racism struggle. Tim Wise’s proactive approach asks White allies to contend with - and take responsibility for - their own role in perpetuating racism against Blacks and people of color.

Dispatches from the Race War reminds us that the story of our country is the history of racial conflict and that our future may depend on how - or if - we can resolve it. “To accept racism is quintessentially American,” writes Wise, “to rebel against it is human. Be human.”

©2020 by Tim Wise (P)2021 Audible, Inc.

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excellent 👌👍👌👍 work worthy of a listen by all Americans of all races but it will be banned 🚫 for our children

The book is for now and for tomorrow !

I love Tim Wise because he is passionate about what he believes in and hearing his read his own words brings that home. speaking the truth is power and he embraces truth in this book !

Remarkably concise

Tim Wise's assessments of the white privilege mindset are razor sharp and laser accurate. His honesty and articulation defy reasonable challenge because he speaks truth to the powers that be.

Tim Wise the anomaly

Tim Wise being a middle aged, white southern, Jewish man, makes him the most unexpected ally to the Black community, but he absolutely is. Dedicating more than 30 years educating white Americans on the effects racism has had on people of color, has to continue to be a daunting and thankless task…and yet he still continues.

Knowing what it means to be first…

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to everyone; however, I felt we got a taste of the author’s privilege when he spoke about the Obama presidency. I’m a registered Republican, so I completely understand disagreeing with some Obama’s policies, but I’m also a Black man and I understand what it means to be Black & first. Obama’s actions, or often inaction, made it possible for white America to see a 2nd or even 3rd Black president, something I feel the author may not have understood. To be Black and first is to carry the weight of the future as well as the past. I disagreed with some of Obama’s policies but I’m extremely proud of the man. Other than that, the book was great.