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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
11 reviews
emily_koopmann's review
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Violence, Slavery, Police brutality, and Death
serendipitysbooks's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Racism and Police brutality
readandfindout's review against another edition
4.75
Themes: 4.5 stars
Perspective: 5 stars
Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality
Moderate: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Classism
alyssa_s10's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Slavery, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia
purplepenning's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Islamophobia, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry
massivepizzacrust's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Slavery, Racial slurs, Police brutality, and Rape
betsygrace's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Police brutality, and Racism
aargot1's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Abandonment, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Islamophobia
caseythereader's review against another edition
5.0
- We know anti-Black racism is at the heart of so much in our country, and in THE SUM OF US, McGhee demonstrates exactly that and then some, using the public pools we white people opted to drain rather than integrate as a metaphor: we'd rather cause pain to everyone than let Black people take even one step up the ladder. Everything from the decline of union organizing to the subprime mortgage crisis has an element of racial animus at the root.
- It's one thing to know white Americans treat life as a zero-sum game, and it's quite another to see it laid out like this. I think if you are a white American, you should read this book. It's a lot to chew on and I think will inform a lot of antiracism work going forward, as you'll be better prepared to look for this side of whatever issue you're working on.
Graphic: Antisemitism, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, and Xenophobia
morgankopanski's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Police brutality