The League of Black Women

Global Leadership February Webinar

White Privilege Author Reveals Modern Barriers to Black Career Advancement

Washington, D.C. — On the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, a new book offers a deeply personal and unique look at racism as it relates to black employment opportunity and unfair barriers to career advancement from an unlikely vantage point.

In My Black Family, My White Privilege: A White Man’s Journey Through the Nation’s Racial Minefield, author Michael R. Wenger presents a unique perspective as a Jewish man from New York City who marries an African American woman from the segregated South.

This retrospective work chronicles his 11 -year marriage and the evolution of his black family, as well as his work in promoting racial justice, during an historic time of tumult and civil unrest spurred by persistent and widespread racial bias and injustice across the United States.            

Michael R. Wenger, of Mitchellville, Maryland, is a Senior Fellow and Acting Vice President and Director of the Civic Engagement and Governance Institute at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Sociology at The George Washington University. He was Deputy Director for Outreach and Program Development for President Clinton’s Initiative on Race.

For further information or to schedule an interview or a presentation, please contact Mr. Wenger at wengerjm@verizon.net

The book can purchased from Amazon.com by clicking HERE.

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