Heather McGhee
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"Heather C. McGhee's specialty is the American economy -- and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. As she dug into subject after subject, from the financial crisis to declining wages to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common problem at the bottom of them all: racism -- but not just in the obvious ways that hurt people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It's the common denominator in our most vexing...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Description
"This book, edited for young readers, is a call to action. McGhee examines how damaging racism is not only to people of color but also to white people. She offers hope and real solutions so that we can all prosper. An expert in economic policy, Heath McGhee draws lessons from her work running a think tank and her travels around the country talking to everyday Americans who are coming together to fight for a more just and inclusive society. The people...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Description
"A 'choral history' of African Americans covering 400 years of history in the voices of 80 writers, edited by the bestselling, National Book Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Last year marked the four hundredth anniversary of the first African presence in the Americas -- and also launched the Four Hundred Souls project, spearheaded by Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Antiracism Institute of American University, and Keisha...