The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

Author: Heather McGhee Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone? Political researcher Heather McGhee sets out across America to learn why white voters so often act against their own interests. Why do they block changes that would help them, and even destroy their own advantages, whenever people of colour also stand to benefit? Their tragedy is that they...Read more