The "Sum of Us" by Heather McGhee is a whole book about this. Every chapter examines a major social program or social sector and how "racism costs everyone." www.goodreads.com/book/show/53... - ThreadSky

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quiettime.bsky.social • 168 days ago

The "Sum of Us" by Heather McGhee is a whole book about this. Every chapter examines a major social program or social sector and how "racism costs everyone."
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53231851-the-sum-of-us

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katiebehrens.bsky.social•168 days ago

"Dying of Whiteness" by @jonathanmetzl.bsky.social focuses on 3 areas: healthcare, gun laws, and education and shows on many examples how white folks rather be sick and uneducated themselves to make sure that (non-white) folks they view as undeserving don't benefit from policies that help everyone.

kimganepossible.bsky.social•167 days ago

Ooph. Like Heather McGhee’s The Sum of Us talks about America closing public swimming pools instead of desegregating them. And so we continue to bite off our own noses to spite our faces. Just grand.

kumararepublic.bsky.social•164 days ago

Those pundits predicting a 2nd American Civil War have it all wrong. The OG Civil War never fully ended, it just went Cold with a capital C, with sporadic warmups.

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024/04/civil-war-divides-america-white-south-trump-freedom

kumararepublic.bsky.social•164 days ago

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/civil-war-isnt-on-the-horizon-the-original-battle-never-ended/

kimganepossible.bsky.social•163 days ago

So true.

quiettime.bsky.social•165 days ago

And it’s a podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sum-of-us/id1640137860?i=1000580154060