This first chapter discusses how my professional and personal experience as the “dancing trombonist” led to epiphanies about how power and identity are analogously structured in society. The origin of the term “Uncle Tim” is revealed to mean the stereotypical white person without rhythm, equal passion, and empathy.

 

Table of Contents

Part I – Discovering the Tim

• Chapter 01 – Analogous Wisdom
• Chapter 02 – A New Perspective on Race and Entitlement
• Chapter 03 – Consider the Source
• Chapter 04 – Uncle Tim and the Three Powers
• Chapter 05 – The System: An Economy of Jokes, Stereotypes, and Novelties
• Chapter 06 – The Racial Analogy of Healthy Patience
• Chapter 07 – The Power of the Media: Beware of Geeks Baring Gifts
• Chapter 08 – I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It
• Chapter 09 – The Kingdom of Heaven
• Chapter 10 – The Metaphorical Snowman vs. The Literal Isis
• Chapter 11 – And Darth Vader Said to His White People, “I Am Your Father”: The Seven Sins of Darth Denial
• Chapter 12 – Hope
• Chapter 13 – How White People Relate to Black People Today Racially Speaking

Part II – The Tim Within

• Chapter 14 – Know Thyself
• Chapter 15 – My MATERIAL History
• Chapter 16 – My SENSUAL History
• Chapter 17 – My IDEOLOGICAL History : “Social is in the word Socialist”
• Chapter 18 – Rituals and Addictions

Part III – Overcoming the Tim

• Chapter 19 – How To Overcome Whiteness Without Trying to Be Black (12 Step Program)
• Chapter 20 – Soul And Wave-Particle Duality