Tim Wise - The racist anti-racist

[Linako 2.0]

This person I just stumbled upon and thought it would be interesting to talk about, as he seems to be a possible lolcow in the making.
From what I could gather so far, He was the guy who mainstreamed "white privilege" via a series of books and lectures where he rants about how all whites are evil, how being white is the real "mark of cain" since "white people have it so easy" and how white people in general are the devil incarnate.
He's huge in the SJW circuit and a couple of years back got caught using his pull to silence black folk who called him out on being a white man profiting on telling people how bad whitey is and denying black people the chance to make money on the "kill whitey" gravy train.

Basically, He's a self hating white person.
As of late he's been trying to summon anonymous to take down 8chan because they are supposedly creating false loot images of the Baltimore riots

Spoiler: Very Long File

8chan caught up on his antics and he responded in the most mature way possible

 

[Meowthkip]

I've heard about this dude.

Even Tumblr hates this guy.

 

[Soew]

PA requests to anonymous for them to take down the two largest english-language chan site on the internet. that'll end well

 

[DrJonesHat]

Why does that name sound familiar?

 

[harvey dirdban]

I've heard about this dude.

Even Tumblr hates this guy.

Tumblr seems to hate him for not being self-hating enough though.

 

[melty]

I really like lolcows who try to get anonymous to do stuff for them.

 

[Meowthkip]

Tumblr seems to hate him for not being self-hating enough though.

Or just being a white dude talking about racism over black people.

How dare he.

 

[sonichuis44]

Or just being a white dude talking about racism over black people.

How dare he.

Tumblr aside, he literally does tell black people to shut up while he talks about racism. There's been real, actual black activists who've complained that they get passed over for interviews and panels and such in favor of Tim, and he tells them to shut up and stop being oppressive. He's pretty much a piece of shit.

 

[Silver]

He came to speak at my university recently. Some white supremacy groups were protesting it. That's all I know lol

 

[Linako 2.0]

Tumblr aside, he literally does tell black people to shut up while he talks about racism. There's been real, actual black activists who've complained that they get passed over for interviews and panels and such in favor of Tim, and he tells them to shut up and stop being oppressive. He's pretty much a piece of shit.

I guess he really... Isn't wise.

 

[RichardMongler]

The election brought out the best in Tiny Tim.



But, by far, the best one was his tweet about Pepe.

 

[TheMonkeyMan]

I used to lurk on the Something Awful subforum Laissez Faire, which was hyper-leftist, and they absolutely hated him there. This was a decade ago, FWIW. I couldn't understand why they didn't like him.

 

[RockVolnutt]

Wait, he popularized the "White Privilege" thing? Seems bizarre that they'd reject him for being full of shit but keep that idea.

 

[RichardMongler]

Wait, he popularized the "White Privilege" thing? Seems bizarre that they'd reject him for being full of shit but keep that idea.

The concept has a long history before Tiny Tim came on the scene. He's just the latest in a long line of vultures profiting from America's inability to resolve race relations.

 

[Rupin]

I think Jane Elliot was the original white priveledge proponent long before Tim Wise came around. She's been doing that type of shit since the 60's

 

[Zebedee]

Any bets as to when he's going to start covering himself in shoe Polish and start claiming he's a black man trapped in a crackers body?

On that note would that make him a wigger in denial in his current state?

 

[The_Truth]

Wait, he popularized the "White Privilege" thing? Seems bizarre that they'd reject him for being full of shit but keep that idea.

He did start it, but he absolutely made it famous.

He was a self hating white guy before it was cool to be a self hating white guy.

 

[RichardMongler]

I think Jane Elliot was the original white priveledge proponent long before Tim Wise came around. She's been doing that type of shit since the 60's

Yep. She's the activist every anti-racist wishes they could be. As far as I can tell, there's no other anti-racist activist currently alive who's a tenth as successful as she is. Her infamous "Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes" exercise is what Jim Goad aptly described as a freakish hybrid of the Stanford prison experiment and Mao's struggle sessions.

 

[Rupin]

Yep. She's the activist every anti-racist wishes they could be. As far as I can tell, there's no other anti-racist activist currently alive who's a tenth as successful as she is. Her infamous "Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes" exercise is what Jim Goad aptly described as a freakish hybrid of the Stanford prison experiment and Mao's struggle sessions.

The thing I like about her is that she does it in a way where you actually learn something about yourself no matter how ugly it is and how the mind thinks as opposed to these assholes that try to guilt trip and shame into thinking that you are the worst human to ever live.

 

[RichardMongler]

The thing I like about her is that she does it in a way where you actually learn something about yourself no matter how ugly it is and how the mind thinks as opposed to these assholes that try to guilt trip and shame into thinking that you are the worst human to ever live.

I don't know. Good intentions can often have horrible results.

A few years back, she tried this experiment in Britain. Not sure how it worked, although the interview with her is enlightening: