Bibliograph

The sum of us, what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee

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The sum of us, what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-397) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sum of us

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Heather McGhee

Sub title

what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together

Summary

"Heather C. McGhee's specialty is the American economy, and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. As she dug into subject after subject, from the financial crisis to declining wages to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common problem at the bottom of them all: racism, but not just in the obvious ways that hurt people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. Racism is a toxin in the American body and it weakens us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out? To find the way, McGhee embarks on a deeply personal journey across the country from Mississippi to Maine, tallying up what we lose when we buy into the zero-sum paradigm: the idea that progress for some of us must come at the expense of others.

Target audience

adult

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What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together

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