April 2008

by Tim Wise

For most white folks, indignation just doesn't wear well. Once affected or conjured up, it reminds one of a pudgy man, wearing a tie that may well have fit him when he was fifty pounds lighter, but which now cuts off somewhere above his navel and makes him look like an idiot.

Indignation doesn't work for most whites, because having remained sanguine about, silent during, indeed often supportive of so much injustice over the years in this country—the theft of native land and genocide of indigenous persons, and the enslavement of Africans being only two of the best examples—we are just . . .

March 2006

by Tim Wise

[Most WIP readers are well aware of the recent and on-going targeting of our community by a neo-Nazi hate group called the National Socialist Movement. Various affinity groups in the community are organizing around this issue and we anticipate that related actions and projects will be announced as they unfold. In the meantime, in response to advice contained in "Points to Remember When Responding to Hate Groups," (see below) we are printing, with permission, this recent article by Tim Wise (2/3/2006).