How the Story You Believe Impacts Everyone with Heather McGhee

If we ever needed a narrator to help generations of American people understand where we've come from and the direction we are going, it is Heather McGhee.  A political strategist and distinguished senior fellow at think tank Demos, Heather demystifies the "American Dream" explaining how we have to work much harder to get no where near the generation before us -- and that's just the white folks.  She breaks down how the stories we are told impact policy, how the rules change as the middle class LOOKS different, and how that hurts every American while benefitting very few. She is writing a major book about the personal, economic and societal costs of racism to everyone in America, including white people. According to Heather, this is no time for cynicism -- we can all  opt-in to weave a new, stronger and more joyful social fabric.

Follow Heather McGhee on Twitter @hmcghee.
Watch Heather's TED Talk here.

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