"White Like Me," based on the work of acclaimed educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the U.S. through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we've entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a fascinating look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today.

"White Like Me" is the first film to bring the full range of Wise's bestselling books to the screen -- to show how white privilege continues to shape individual attitudes, electoral politics, and government policy in ways too many people never stop to think about.