I like Tim Wise. He's intelligent and passionate and manages to be funny whilst being informative. I do think he sometimes overreaches though* and his style can border on condescending / confrontational. Thing is, he has a tough job and he's swimming against a strong tide so I can see why he has to be that way. A little like Richard Dawkins really, a firebrand. I can see how someone would be turned off by such an approach, whether he's right or wrong.
*Like in 'The Pathology of Privilege'. It's a great lecture but at one point he brings up 'a survey' where 6% of Americans didn't feel that racism was a severe issue. Then he brings up another, older survey where 12% think Elvis is alive. He uses this to conclude that White Americans are twice as likely to believe that Elvis is alive than believe racism is an issue. That's just wrong, you can't use surveys like that. Thing is, that's not really relevant to the (solid) point that he's making. I can imagine someone discarding the meat of what he said because of his dodgy use of stats and surveys. That said, I'd suggest that person was ideologically opposed to what Wise was saying in the first place and was just looking for an excuse to stop listening.
Man, I hadn't intended to ramble like that, I hope I made myself clear.
, I agree
