"Between Barack and a Hard Place"

Until today I was not aware that there is such a thing as a White Privilege Conference. It is wonderful to see someone who is so passionate about a single topic, especially white privilege. Tim Wise's lecture reminds us of how when whites commit heinous crimes it is the individual that takes a toll not the entire race like it is with African Americans and Latinos. It is too often said that African Americans are violent just because of the things that particular people did-the crimes they committed. Is it fair to put this label on the entire race? Absolutely not. He also discusses how people believe that since Barack Obama is the President of the United States that we are in a post-racial era, but they are wrong. Near the end of this clip Wise mentions statistics about people with white sounding names are more likely to be called back for a job interview than people with black sounding names which were discussed in, I believe, the Johnson reading. He reminds us that we need to be the change that we want to see in the world.