"White Like Me"

        After reading the chapter "Denial", I agreed with what Wise was saying. One big part that he talked about was about the denial regarding the privileges of white people. They're main reasoning behind this is the classic quote, "What about Oprah?". I agree with the author when he says that that is a ridiculous reason to prove that there isn't any white privilege in this world. There are obviously going to be some black people that "make it" but looking at a few individual success stories isn't going to give you a good or realistic picture of the larger social realities. Another interesting point he brought up was when he talked about the problems a "no whites" policy in hospital rooms would occur and the not so many problems a "no blacks" policy would have. He goes on to discuss the imbalance of whites and blacks in the medical profession and how whites have received more opportunities that are needed for the profession. He tells a story of a white man who went around to different hospitals trying to get a place where they would let it be a black free operating room. I was very shocked that he found a place that would do this. If it was the other way around, I feel like it would have been a completely different story all together.