6/10/2023 0 Comments The sum of us paperback![]() ![]() How important and how necessary our community is and how stark and devastating our inequality is for so many people. ![]() These past several months have made us all recognize how much we depend on and need each other. I think this has become all the clearer as we weather the storm that is the pandemic. What struck me so forcefully about Heather McGhee’s book, The Sum of Us, was her ability to show how naturally dependent and intertwined we are as a society and how attempts to segment and separate us have led to a society that is fragmented and deeply unequal. In each of the examples that McGhee uses to show how our pursuit of the “zero sum game” and the impact of systemic racism has devastated us, she also shares how our coming together, across our differences, can lead to prosperity for us all. There is ideological division between political parties and cultural or faith traditions. ![]() ![]() There is a literal division: meetings and gatherings via Zoom and FaceTime rather than in person or in community. You don’t have to look very far right now to see the division that exists between us. By Barrett Krise, senior philanthropic officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta ![]()
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