The sum of us : what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together
McGhee, Heather, 1980-2022
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What would make a society drain its public swimming baths and fill them with concrete rather than opening them to everyone? Economics 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 believe they can't win unless somebody else loses. But this is a lie. McGhee marshals overwhelming economic evidence, and a profound well of empathy, to reveal the surprising truth: even racists lose out under white supremacy.
Main title:
Author:
McGhee, Heather, 1980-, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2022.
Collation:
448 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: One World, 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788169660 (pbk)
Dewey class:
305.800973305.8
LC class:
E185.8
Local class:
305.8
Language:
English
BRN:
3044852