Explore the economic impact of racism in the United States, from the shift in tax rates and public investments to the racial economic divide and its cost on the US economy. Also, delve into the effects of racism on college affordability and healthcare, and discover the concept of solidarity dividends.
Racism, says Heather McGhee in her award-winning book "The Sum of Us," is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy, and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out?