It‘s a beautiful day to sit outside and read!
Starting my #BookSpin from my Black History Month board - hoping my recently (mildly) concussed head can handle it. 😅
SpellboundReader I hope you're feeling better now. 🤕 (edited) 2mo
Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | 
It‘s a beautiful day to sit outside and read!
Starting my #BookSpin from my Black History Month board - hoping my recently (mildly) concussed head can handle it. 😅
Hello #SheSaid!
How is everyone doing this week?
How is the book going? I‘m catching up slowly, but surely…
So far it‘s a great read, covering so much in each chapter. I‘m also seeing a few great books I‘ve read referenced. If you haven‘t read the Color of Law or The New Jim Crow, read them, they are great works. I‘ve also added Democracy in Chains and White Fragility to my to-read list. How about you? ⤵️
Those are some insane numbers…that 1.2 percent of the population is funding 71% of all campaigns
…which really means that 1.2% of the population is getting 71% of governments ear and policy writing time and legislation written in their favor.🤯
About 158 families are making the decisions for a whole nation. No wonder they don‘t get issues like universal health care or minimum livable wages… they don‘t have any experience with most of those.
Hello #SheSaid
How are you this weekend?
I‘m still running behind in my reading, how is everyone else doing this week. Starting to catch up?
Hello #SheSaid!
How are you this weekend? I finally got my library book yesterday and have just started it, so I‘m way behind. Sorry again, my apologies. But please carry on without me….what I‘ve read so far is very good, and hopefully I‘ll finish our first week‘s section later today and can comment on that post.
“At the spiritual level, Yavilah believes, racism interrupts the human connection with the divine.“ pg. 251
Hello #SheSaid!
I‘m still waiting for my library book, I might have to cave and buy this one. How is it so far?
Repost for @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Up next for #SheSaid! I‘m looking forward to this one, hope my library hold comes in soon!
Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2617599
Up next for #SheSaid! I‘m looking forward to this one, hope my library hold comes in soon!
pickGood book with important information, but hard to read about all the terrible things people do because of racism and hate and the damage it causes, both immediate and long-term. The author tried to end things on a hopeful note, but it's really hard to feel hopeful sometimes given the state of things right now.
A mother talking about an affluent school with mostly white students. This resonated with me as Glori and I used to work in such a school. We left because I was disgusted with the school culture.
Loooong paragraph about a study on the zero-sum mindset.
“It turns out the average white person views racism as a zero sum game, added Sommers. “If things are getting better for Black people, it must be at the expense of white people.“
pickImportant reading: The wealthy use race wars to keep their power. Here‘s how they have been doing it on multiple issues. Now, let‘s band together and topple their ivory towers.
pickThis is an important book. McGhee has given me a lot to think about and a new lens with which to do it. I‘d heard Heather McGhee speak a number of times since the release of her book, but didn‘t find it in any way repetitive.
I forget who posted about this, if it was part of a list maybe, but it sounded so good. This might be the first book I‘ve bought this year, that was published this year.
#HeatherMcGhee #TheSumOfUs
