![]() In the book, McGhee asks the not-so-simple question: Why can’t we have nice things? ![]() “‘The Sum of Us’ illustrates the power of public policy and offers much-needed hope and action steps. ![]() The conversation also launched Mount Holyoke’s work as a Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center. The wide-ranging conversation was in collaboration with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, the Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights and Spelman College. McGhee spoke with Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum as part of the Mount Holyoke College’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. She believes many white people believe that in order for themselves to win, people of color must lose. New York Times–bestselling author Heather McGhee believes Americans should focus their energy on solidarity instead of “zero-sum thinking.” In her groundbreaking book “ The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together,” she defines “zero-sum thinking” as white people seeing politics as a competition between themselves and people of color. ![]()
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