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Tim Wise is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and educators in the United States. Named one of 25 Visionaries Who are Changing Your World, by Utne Reader, Wise has spoken in all 50 states, on over 800 college and high school campuses, and to community groups across the nation.

He has also lectured internationally in Canada and Bermuda on issues of comparative racism, race and education, racism and religion, and racism in the labor market.

Wise is the author of six books, including his latest,Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority; his highly acclaimed memoir,White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son;Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White;Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-Racist Reflections From an Angry White Male;Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama; andColorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity.

His forthcoming book,Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Jeopardizing the Future of America*, was released in September 2015.

Wise has contributed essays to twenty-five books, and is one of several persons featured inWhite Men Challenging Racism: Thirty-Five Personal Stories. He received the 2001 British Diversity Award for best feature essay on race issues, and his writings have appeared in dozens of popular, professional and scholarly journals.

Wise has provided anti-racism training to teachers nationwide, and has conducted trainings with physicians and medical industry professionals on how to combat racial inequities in health care. He has also trained corporate, government, entertainment, military and law enforcement officials on methods for dismantling racism in their institutions, and has served as a consultant for plaintiffs attorneys in federal discrimination cases in New York and Washington State.

In Summer 2005, Wise served as an adjunct faculty member at the Smith College School for Social Work, in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he co-taught a Masters level class on Racism in the U.S. In 2001, Wise trained journalists to eliminate racial bias in reporting, as a visiting faculty-in-residence at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.

From 1999-2003, Wise was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute, in Nashville, and in the early 90s he was Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized for the purpose of defeating neo-Nazi political candidate, David Duke.

Wise has been featured in several documentaries, including the 2013 Media Education Foundation release,White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America. The film, which he co-wrote and co-produced, has been called A phenomenal educational tool in the struggle against racism, and One of the best films made on the unfinished quest for racial justice, by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva of Duke University, and Robert Jensen of the University of Texas, respectively. He also appeared alongside legendary scholar and activist, Angela Davis, in the 2011 documentary,Vocabulary of Change. In this public dialogue between the two activists, Davis and Wise discussed the connections between issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and militarism, as well as inter-generational movement building and the prospects for social change.

Wise has appeared on hundreds of radio and television programs, is a regular contributor to discussions about race on CNN, and has been featured on ABCs 20/20.

He graduated from Tulane University in 1990 and received anti-racism training from the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, in New Orleans.

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