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

Economist Heather McGhee tackles the connection between systemic racism and the inequalities and failures of the US economy that aren't overtly racialized. She makes a fascinating case for the connection between the financial crisis, declining wages, the collapse of public infrastructure, and the deep-seated racism at the heart of our country's history and culture. Traveling from Mississippi to Maine to get to the bottom of this conundrum, McGhee talked with everyone she met to produce this sensitive, thoroughly-researched, compelling case for how coming together across racial lines and addressing oppression can lift us all up, together.