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A review by allena_inwonderland
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
5.0
The Sum of Us touches on how racism effects all of us.
How we as white people can and should acknowledge the racism our neighbors, coworkers, and community are facing.
Without the work together bipoc's are already continuously in a battle for equal rights alone. EX: housing rates & interest, equal pay, voting rights, school districts and colleges.
Heather McGee also brings up how there's always a "one up" concept between racial groups. Specifically speaking white people thinking POC should be beneath them. One should always make more while the other is poorer, because that would make it easier for the other to live. It's a zero-sum paradigm.
During the strike to raise minimum wage it was black people who encouraged other poc's to fight along side them. $7.50 is unlivable, how could anyone feed themselves let alone a family?
I think everyone should read this book. I learned a lot, especially about the 08 recession. (I was a kid)
I also enjoyed the audio book hearing Heather herself speak from experience and own research.
How we as white people can and should acknowledge the racism our neighbors, coworkers, and community are facing.
Without the work together bipoc's are already continuously in a battle for equal rights alone. EX: housing rates & interest, equal pay, voting rights, school districts and colleges.
Heather McGee also brings up how there's always a "one up" concept between racial groups. Specifically speaking white people thinking POC should be beneath them. One should always make more while the other is poorer, because that would make it easier for the other to live. It's a zero-sum paradigm.
During the strike to raise minimum wage it was black people who encouraged other poc's to fight along side them. $7.50 is unlivable, how could anyone feed themselves let alone a family?
I think everyone should read this book. I learned a lot, especially about the 08 recession. (I was a kid)
I also enjoyed the audio book hearing Heather herself speak from experience and own research.