Tim Wise

Tim Wise is an American anti-racist activist and writer and a leading figure in the contemporary Civil Rights Movement.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Wise attended Tulane University in New Orleans and received his B.A. there, and went on to receive his antiracism training at the People's Institute for Survival and Beyond, also located in New Orleans. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two daughters.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Wise is the Director of the newly-formed Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE) in Nashville, Tennessee. He is among the most prominent anti-racist writers and activists in the U.S., having given lectures in 46 different states, and on over 300 college campuses. He has trained a multitude of teachers, corporate employees and law enforcement officers in methods for dismantling racism in their institutions. From 1999 to 2003, Wise held the position of advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute and also was Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism. Wise received the 2002 National Youth Advocacy Coalition's Social Justice Impact Award as well as the 2001 British Diversity Award. He has appeared on radio and television broadcasts arguing the case for Affirmative Action and slavery reparations for African-Americans, as well as a revised education system and an end to systemic white privilege.

American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American....

Anti-racist: REDIRECT Anti-racism...

Activist: REDIRECT Activism...

Tim Wise related Images and Photos (experimental)

Tim Giago	Tim Brown	Tim Brown	Tim Thomas
Tim Mcgraw	Tim Henman	Tim McGraw	Tim Conway
Tim Thomas	Tim McGraw	Tim Connolly	Tim Lincecum