Honestly, this is what I'm talking about with the drained pool. White TX officials would welcome more death and disease on the state's 2nd biggest county--which is 66% white--rather than save the lives of Texans of color. #TheSumofUsBook#drainingthepool
The status quo is racist: "In Dallas, as in other major Texas cities, distribution sites are more commonly located in white neighborhoods, and early data showed the North Texas county had distributed most of its shots to residents of whiter, wealthier neighborhoods."
It's classic reactionary colorblindness: powerful whites refusing to see the racism that's causes a problem, then accusing the would-be-solvers of racism. But the more exposed BIPOC areas are, the more the virus rages on to the risk of all. #TheSumofUsBook#drainingthepool
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🧵My TED talk is live! A prejudiced C-SPAN caller...the financial crisis...our gutted safety net all made me ask: "what if racism has a cost for everyone?" #CostsofRacism@TEDTalksbit.ly/thesumofus
2/"Racism leads to bad policymaking. It’s making our economy worse, in ways that don’t only disadvantage people of color. It turns out it’s not a zero sum. Racism has costs for white people, too.” bit.ly/thesumofus@TEDTalks
3/“In Montgomery, Alabama, I saw how racism destroyed a public good and the public will to support it. In 1959, the town drained their public swimming pool rather than integrate it. It was never rebuilt.” bit.ly/thesumofus
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