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GRITtv: Tim Wise: Dragging Racial Bias Into the Open
"In every sense the Tea Party is able to get away with things that no group of color could ever possibly do," says Tim Wise, author of the new book Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity. While the Tea Party wails about socialism, Wise notes, they want to cut social services that they perceive as benefits for people of color--and the Obama administration's "race-neutral" politics aren't helping anyone.Wise joins Laura in studio for a special interview about his new book, and how racial bias infects every level of people's lives, from infant mortality rates to unemployment, college admissions and graduation rates to treatment in hospitals.
Email this pageGRITtv: Van Jones, Race, Politics and the Progressive Movement
The muted response to Van Jones' resignation says volumes about where progressives stand in the Obama administration and whether so-called outsiders have a role to play in shaping the administration's policies. And what does the Van Jones story reveal about American politics? Ludovic Blain, project manager of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Rory O'Connor, co-founder of Globalvision and the author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio: America's Ten Worst Hate Talkers and the Progressive Alternatives," Tim Wise, author of "Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama," and Jane Hamsher, founder of Firedoglake, discuss the recent developments and what their impact might be.
GRITtv: September 8, 2009: Where Is the Progressive Response to Van Jones' Resignation?
The muted response to Van Jones’ resignation says volumes about where progressives stand in the Obama administration and whether so-called outsiders have a role to play in shaping the administration’s policies. So what’s really at stake? And what does the Van Jones story reveal about American politics? Ludovic Blain, project manager of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative, Rory O’Connor, author of "Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio," Tim Wise, author of "Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama," and Jane Hamsher, founder of Firedoglake, discuss the recent developments and what their impact might be.
