Teaching Kids About the Costs of Racism

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 21, 2023

Heather McGhee, chair of Color of Change board of directors and the author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (One World, 2021) and the new edition for young readers, The Sum of Us: How Racism Hurts Everyone, (Delacorte Press, 2023), talks about teaching young readers about the issues of equity and racism and building a future that benefits everyone.

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