The Resource The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee
The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee
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The item The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Ipswich Public Library.
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- 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. It's the common denominator in our most vexing public problems, even beyond our economy. It is at the core of the dysfunction of our democracy and even the spiritual and moral crises that grip us. 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. Along the way, she collects the stories of white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams and their shot at a better job to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country--from parks and pools to functioning schools--have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world's advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare. It's why we fail to prevent environmental and public health crises that require collective action. But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee also finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: gains that come when people come together across race, to the benefit of all involved"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 415 pages
- Contents
-
- An old story : the zero-sum hierarchy
- Racism drained the pool
- Going without
- Ignoring the canary
- No one fights alone
- Never a real democracy
- Living apart
- The same sky
- The hidden wound
- The solitary dividend
- Isbn
- 9780525509561
- Label
- The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together
- Title
- The sum of us
- Title remainder
- what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together
- Statement of responsibility
- Heather McGhee
- Language
- eng
- 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. It's the common denominator in our most vexing public problems, even beyond our economy. It is at the core of the dysfunction of our democracy and even the spiritual and moral crises that grip us. 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. Along the way, she collects the stories of white people who confide in her about losing their homes, their dreams and their shot at a better job to the toxic mix of American racism and greed. This is the story of how public goods in this country--from parks and pools to functioning schools--have become private luxuries; of how unions collapsed, wages stagnated, and inequality increased; and of how this country, unique among the world's advanced economies, has thwarted universal healthcare. It's why we fail to prevent environmental and public health crises that require collective action. But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee also finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: gains that come when people come together across race, to the benefit of all involved"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- LNC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGhee, Heather C
- Dewey number
- 305.800073
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.8
- LC item number
- .M38 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Racism
- United States
- Label
- The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-397) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An old story : the zero-sum hierarchy -- Racism drained the pool -- Going without -- Ignoring the canary -- No one fights alone -- Never a real democracy -- Living apart -- The same sky -- The hidden wound -- The solitary dividend
- Control code
- on1236456147
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 415 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525509561
- Lccn
- 2020044567
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1236456147
- Label
- The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together, Heather McGhee
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-397) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- An old story : the zero-sum hierarchy -- Racism drained the pool -- Going without -- Ignoring the canary -- No one fights alone -- Never a real democracy -- Living apart -- The same sky -- The hidden wound -- The solitary dividend
- Control code
- on1236456147
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxiii, 415 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525509561
- Lccn
- 2020044567
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1236456147
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