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“The zero sum is a story sold by wealthy interests for their own profit, and its persistence requires people desperate enough to buy it.”
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
“If you’re in a society where you’ve already let someone go without shelter, then what does it matter if they drown? If it’s okay for people to suffer, then it’s okay for people to suffer. And if your wealth has protected you from that suffering, then your wealth can probably protect you from another kind of suffering.” Our conversation”
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
“It is this kind of resourcefulness, I think, that explains how this hardy band of Vikings managed to survive more than one thousand years on an island that is about as hospitable to human habitation as the planet Pluto—if Pluto were a planet, that is, which it’s not.”
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
― The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World
“Refilling the pool will require us to believe in government so much that we hold it to the highest standard of excellence and commit our generation’s best and brightest to careers designing public goods instead of photo-sharing apps.”
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
“By denying the reality of racism and their own role in it, Berry explained, white Americans have denied themselves critical self-knowledge and created a prettified and falsified version of American history for themselves to believe in, one built on the “wishful insinuation that we have done no harm.” Of course, he understood the impulse of white people—himself included—to protect themselves from “the anguish implicit in their racism.”
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
― The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
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208 friends
129 books
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223 books
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4 books
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98 books
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305 books
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97 books
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20 books
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