Thursday on Political Rewind: systemic racism and the toll it takes across society. Racism targets people of color, but ultimately harms us all; that is the premise of author Heather McGhee's new book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together."

For centuries, McGhee writes, white people have seen equality as a zero-sum game; anything gained by people of color must come at the cost of others. McGhee challenges that assumption, and many aspects of our shared understanding of racism, in her illuminating new book.

The author joins us on today’s show with Emory University's Dr. Andra Gillespie.

Panelists:

Heather McGhee — Author, "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together," Chair of Board of Directors, Color Of Change

Dr. Andra Gillespie — Professor of Political Science and Director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University