If you've been watching the protest over the course of the past week, there is one thing

that is decidedly different from other protests we've seen in recent years following the

killings of unarmed black men.

The complexion of some of the crowds.

In some parts of the country, white Americans are showing up.

They're linking arms with black Americans in the protest lines.

They're taking a knee on street corners.

They're even using social media as an act of solidarity.

But is a hashtag and a day of marching enough?

Racism is every Americans problem.

So what should white people do to dismantle a racist system erected for them?

I'm Tremendly, this is Into America.

And today, we're diving into this idea of white accountability with Tim Wise.

The thing that's creating so much of the stress and the anxiety that white folks ironically

have about even sitting down and talking to black and brown folks about racism is racism.

Tim is an anti-racist essayist, educator, and the author of numerous books like White

Lives Matter and Dear White America.

Now you're a white man from Tennessee.

How did you get to this level of race consciousness?

I mean, you've been actually challenging systems of white supremacy.

This is what you do.

Well, I mean, I think growing up in the South in the 70s and as a teenager in the 80s,

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