Prepare for some Republican fireworks afterwards. I just got wind from my facebook feed that Tim Wise is going to be on CNN with Don Lemon discussing the off the chain behavior of some of our countrymen at 7:30 EST.
fellow Kossack Tim Wise brings a perspective on race that is radically different than most White pundits that speak on the subject. The first time I heard him it was without his image, and all I could say was preach my brother.
I wrote a diary about some aspects of Tim’s perspective’s here Tim Wise on White Privilege
Feel free to take a look at it, but for a flavor of what we can expect I'll cut and paste from my own diary.
Tim makes a rather explosive contention, but it is one that few non white people would disagree with that being that racism is a White persons issue. In the video above he contends that at America’s founding both white and black people were victims of the elite. These elites made the uniquely American decision to institute a regime of white superiority in order to co-opt the white side into supporting their leisure.
In short the elite of the time instituted a divide and conquer strategy. He contends that both white and black people were in essence in the same boat indentured servants. Over time the white and black members of that class began to band together and in the face of that threat white superiority and the system it spawned were born. The elites went to the white members of that indentured class and in essence made them a deal. They could have a little land, and they could make some money hunting and returning to bondage those Black men who were slaves and may have escaped thereby making them willing defenders of a system that didn’t necessarily have their best interests at heart. This has elements of the same phenomenon we see today. Why else would people who barely have a pot to piss in are willing to take to the streets to battle against policies that would help them? It is my contention that they do so because they fear someone that is not like themselves will benefit, or else why would old Joe Wilson scream you lie with such vehemence at the idea of undocumented people here (I hate the term illegal aliens, people aren’t illegal just by being) would be eligible for care?
Don Lemon is going to be a sympathetic interview who isn't going to want to sugar coat it, and Tim Wise has my official White man who can speak for me card. I have the feeling Tim is going to put it down.
Get it ready.
Update 7:21 pm
It's about 9 minutes from lift off, and what the heck anybody around let's live blog it. See you in comments.